Umut
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oo-MOOT
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Umut is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “hope”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Umut mean?
Turkish
“hope”
The Turkish word for hope, given in Turkey to both boys and girls.
Is Umut a girl's or a boy's name?
Umut is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Umut in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Umut, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 19 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Umut than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Umut in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Umut in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,585 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,151 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,062 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
Names like Umut
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Zayaan Zayan Umar Zayd Abdullah Ibrahim Mustafa Amir Yusuf Arham
More Turkish names
Ayla Aylin Alara Ayda Orhan Ayzel Kaya Aydin Aslan Eren Evren Ayaz Ela Aylah Aleyna Deniz
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Umut: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/umut, updated 20 October 2026.