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Opal

Usually a girl's name

Literal meaning
The gemstone opal; a name since the late 1800s Well attested
Origin
English word
Popularity

US 2025: #423 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #622

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.

Sources

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Related in meaning in Chinese

Source: Unicode Unihan

Chinese middle names linked to this meaning