Mishal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MISH-al
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Mishal is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “torch”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Mishal mean?
Arabic
“torch”
From the Arabic mishal, a torch or lamp.
Is Mishal a girl's or a boy's name?
Mishal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mishal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Mishal, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mishal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were given Mishal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,870, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
- Mishal 7
- Mishaal 6
In 2023, 70% of the babies named Mishal in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Mishal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,597 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
How popular is Mishal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Mishal, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Mishal in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mishal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Mishal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Ayah, Amal, Ayat, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Raya, Hiba, Maya, Amira, Khadija
Other spellings of Mishal
Names related to Mishal
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mishal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mishal, updated 20 October 2026.