What does the name Mishaal mean?

Mishaal means "Torch, burning lamp, guiding light". It is a unisex name of Arabic origin.

Mishaal

Mishaal means Torch, burning lamp, guiding light.

Gender	unisex
Origin	Arabic
Language	Hindi
Starts with	M

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Torch, burning lamp, guiding light”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Agnideepta — Lit by fire; burning bright
Disha — Direction, path, guiding light
Diya — Lamp, divine light
Chirag — Lamp, light, son
Deepika — A small lamp, little light
Hardeep — Lamp of God, God's light

More unisex names of Arabic origin

Zia — Light, splendour
Ruh — Soul, spirit, essence

Where this comes from

Mishaal has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.