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 [ 2 syll. o-pal, op-al ] The girl name Opal is pronounced as OWPahL KEY. Opal is primarily used in the English and Indian languages. Its language of origin is English. From the words 'opal' ; 'upala' meaning precious stone. The first name is derived from the name of the gemstone, which is itself derived via Latin and Greek from the Sanskrit 'upala' (precious stone). The name was adopted by English speakers during the vogue for jewel names in the 19th century, but it was not as commonly bestowed. It has sometimes been given to girls born in October, the month in which opal is the birthstone. The English names Opale and Opaline are forms of the name. Opal is an unusual baby girl name. Its usage peaked in 1909 with 0.279% of baby girls being given the name Opal. It had a ranking of #82 then. The baby name has steeply fallen in popularity since then, and is now used on a very modest scale. Among all girl names in its family, Opal was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2008. The name Opal has been mainly given to girls, though it has also been used as a boy name in the last century. There were 43 times more girls than boys who were named Opal in 1911. Baby names that sound like Opal include the English Opale, the Polish Ofelja, the English Obelia, the Spanish Ofelia, and the Spanish Ovelia. KEY: Pronunciation for Opal: OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
