NAMES - The Name Opal : popularity, meaning and origin, popular baby names (2024)

The first name Opal is listed in our categories :

• Indian names (girls)
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The first name Opal has been assigned to:

0.27% to boys
99.73% to girls

This first name is on trend: Female

This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Opal

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Opal : Alpo, Lapo, Palo, Paol, Ploa, Pola

Anacyclics of the first name Opal

An anacyclic is a word or phrase that can be read in the normal sense of reading or in the opposite direction. Here is the list of names that are anonymous of the given name Opal: Lapo

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Opal in sign language

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English

Etymology :

• In Florio’s A World of Words 1598 as opale, from French opale, from Latin opalus, from Byzantine Greek ὀπάλλιος (opállios), from Sanskrit उपल (upala, “gem, stone”), from उपरि (upári, “the upper millstone”). Distantly related to over.

Anagrams :

• OLAP, POLA, Palo, alop, aplo-, pola

Noun :

• opal (plural opals)
• (mineralogy) A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O.
• (gemology) A precious gem, an iridescent gemstone found in the opal-silica mineral substrate (potch)
• (biology, genetics, biochemistry) A colloquial name used in molecular biology referring to a particular stop codon sequence, "UGA."
• Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Nesolycaena.

Pronunciation :

• (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊpəl/
• (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊpəl/
• Rhymes: -əʊpəl

Proper noun (Derived terms) :

• Opal Cone
• Opal Hills

General

Proper noun :

• Opal
• A female given name from English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century.
• (Australia) A type of petrol made by British Petroleum designed to be unable to be used for petrol sniffing.[Developed 2005.]
• A hamlet in Alberta, Canada
• A census-designated place in Virginia
• A town in Wyoming

Polish

Etymology :

• See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology (Noun) :

• opal m inan
• (mineralogy) opal

Etymology (Verb) :

• opal
• second-person singular imperative of opalić

Pronunciation :

• IPA(key): /ˈɔ.pal/
• Rhymes: -ɔpal
• Syllabification: o‧pal

Romanian

Etymology :

• Borrowed from German Opal or Latin opalus or French opale.

Noun :

• opal n (plural opale)
• (mineralogy) opal

German

Etymology :

• From Latin opalus, from Byzantine Greek ὀπάλλιος (opállios), from Sanskrit उपल (upala, “gem, stone”).

Noun :

• Opal m (strong, genitive Opals, plural Opale)
• opal

Pronunciation :

• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun (Derived terms) :

• opalen
• opalisieren
• Holzopal

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Rankings of first name OPAL by country

Country ranking (boys)
Rank	Country	Year
No ranking of first name OPAL (male) births over the last year available in each country

Country ranking (girls)
Rank	Country	Year
#505	British Columbia	2022
#528	United State of America	2022
#963	Alberta	2022
#1112	United Kingdom	2021
#1181	Ontario	2019
#7657	Quebec	2022

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