Entry № 3982 · Hungarian origin

Hajnal Hajnal — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HOY-nahl /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hungarian
Meaning
"Dawn"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Hungarian)

A name that means "dawn".

Hajnal is the Hungarian word for "dawn" — used as a feminine name.

Hajnal is widely used in Hungary.

Dawn. The Hungarian first light.

The name in its native script.

Hajnal
Transliteration
Hajnal
Pronunciation
/ ˈhɔɪ.nəl /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Hajnal stands.

Hajnal does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Hajnals before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Hajnal
Common in Hungarian fiction.

Names connected to Hajnal.

The number behind Hajnal.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hajnal reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.