Hope
Meaning of Hope
Hope—pronounced simply “HOHP”—sprang from medieval England as one of the three shining “virtue” sisters, Faith, Hope, and Charity, but her roots reach back even farther to the Old English word hopa and the Latin concept of spes, that flutter in the chest that keeps sailors steering toward sunrise. In story after story she’s the candle that refuses to gutter out: Victorian poets draped her in white lace, civil-rights hymnals set her to a steady beat, and during recent storms—think recessions, pandemics, and personal plot twists—American parents have pulled her off the shelf like a lucky coin, keeping her comfortably inside the nation’s Top-300 girls’ names for decades. Around Latin dinner tables she’s often paired with her Spanish cousin Esperanza, and abuelitas will tell you both names taste like cinnamon-spiked hot chocolate on a cold night. Light, bright, and impossible to quarantine, Hope carries a built-in pep talk: every roll of the dice starts fresh, every rainbow needs a name, and this one all but promises mañana será bonito—tomorrow will be beautiful.
Pronunciation
British English
- Pronunced as HOHP (/həʊp/)
American English
- Pronunced as HOHP (/hoʊp/)
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Notable People Named Hope
| Hope Solo - Hope Amelia Stevens is an American former goalkeeper who starred for the US womens national team from 2000 to 2016, winning a World Cup and two Olympic golds, and later played for Seattle Reign FC. |
| American Hope Cooke married Palden Thondup Namgyal, the last Chogyal of Sikkim, in 1963 and became Gyalmo in 1965, the first American born queen consort. |
| Hope Odidika Uzodimma is a Nigerian politician who became governor of Imo State in 2020 after the Supreme Court declared him winner of the 2019 election, nullifying the victory of Emeka Ihedioha. |
| Anne Hope Jahren is an American geochemist and geobiologist known for stable isotope studies of Eocene fossil forests and for winning the AGU James B. Macelwane Medal. |
| Sarah Hope Summers was an American actress best known as Clara Edwards on The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry RFD. |
