Name: Opal
Gender: Female
Usage: Opal, of sanskrit origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Opal are in general originating from India, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Opal is: Jewel, Precious gem.
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Numerology of the first name Opal: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Opal is ranked on the 5,135th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 59200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Opal has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Opal for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Opal is a feminine given name derived from the name of the gemstone opal. The gemstone is the birthstone for October. Its name is derived from the Sanskrit उपल or upala, which means "jewel". It came into use along with other gemstone names during the late Victorian era.
Opal was among the 100 most popular names for girls born in the United States from 1900 to 1920 and remained among the top 500 most popular names for girls there until 1950. It was last ranked among the 1,000 most popular names for girls in the United States in the 1950s. It was the 344th most common name for females in the United States in the 1990 census. Eighty girls born in the United States in 2010 were given the name and 92 girls born in 2011 were given the name.
English: one of the rarer female names taken in the late 19th century from vocabulary words for gemstones. This is ultimately derived (via Latin and Greek) from an Indian language (cf. Sanskrit upala precious stone).
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