The Name Hope in Cursive

Hope in cursive is ℋℴ𝓅ℯ. Three of its four letters, ℋ, ℴ and ℯ, come from Unicode's earlier script letters, and only the p is from the main alphabet. Of all short names, Hope is one of the most likely to look uneven in thin script. The bold version 𝓗𝓸𝓹𝓮 uses one matching set and is the safer pick for a bio or a gift.

Hope is four letters, so on a necklace or a ring it can be written large. The capital H then carries most of the style.

The p is the one letter that drops below the line. In cursive it is a tall stem going down, then a small closed bowl at the middle line. The o before it ends high, so the p's downstroke begins from up there.

The cursive capital H is often written as two separate strokes, a left stem and a right stem with a joining bar or loop. It doesn't have to connect to the o.

Hope comes from the Old English word hopian. The Puritans used it as a virtue name and built longer names from it, such as Hope-still and Hopeful.

In English it also names Saint Hope, an early Christian martyr whom Greek calls Elpis and Church Latin calls Spes. Her sisters were Faith and Charity, which is why Hope is still a classic choice for twin or triplet girls alongside those names.

This page is about Hope the name. If you want the word hope for a quote, a tattoo or a card, the same letters apply, but people usually write it in lowercase: 𝒽ℴ𝓅ℯ. The lowercase h is a single tall loop, which makes the word look softer than the name with its capital ℋ.

A short phrase such as "hope" next to a small symbol, like ✧ or ♡, is a common bio line. Symbols copy the same way as the letters and don't change the font.