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Boy Names Starting with Pr-

Pr- baby names and what they mean, with 20 results. Pr- names are used more often as masculine names. These boy names were at the apex of their popularity less than a decade ago (USAGE OF 0.22%) and have remained as common to this day (USAGE 0.22%, DOWN 2.4%). Prince (#318) and Princeton (#406) are two of the more chic baby names among these, while Preece (TOP 6%) and Prigge (14%) are conventional Pr- last names. Here is the list of Pr- names for girls.

Pr- names

Pradeep - Pryor

Pradeep
Source fr. Hindi language. "Light." Padeep and Perdeep are creative forms.

Pratap
Root fr. Hindi element. "Majesty." Pratap (UPPER 55%), like Preap (UPPER 66%), Paap (36%), is a popular -ap suffix last name.

Pratt

Pratt
Root fr. Old English element. Surname .. Less widespread today. Pratt was last listed in 1880-1889 in the Top 2000. See also Pruitt.

Prentice and variants

Prentice, var. Prentiss, Prentis
Source fr. Middle English. "Apprentice." Prentice, Prentis and Prentiss are barely found as first names.

Prescott, var. Prestcott, Prestcot, Prescot
Stems fr. Old English word. "Priest's cottage." Not Top 2000 names.

Presley and variants

Presley, var. Priestly, Priestley, Prestley, Pressley, Presly, Presslee, Presleigh
From Old English word. "Priest's meadow." Presleigh, Priestley, etc. are barely found as male names.

Preston

Preston
Derived fr. Old English word. "Priest's town." Preston is a commonly occurring (TOP 29%) first name, and occurs commonly (TOP 1%) as a last name. See also Prescot.

Prewitt, var. Pruitt, Prewit, Prewett, Prewet
Origin fr. Old French. "Brave little one." Pruitt (UPPER 1%), Prewitt (3%), Prewett (11%) and Prewit (78%) appear frequently as last names.

Price and variants

Price, var. Pryce
Stems fr. Old French word. "Prize." Less used today. Price was the version last appearing (the 1960s) in the Top 2000.

Primo and variants

Primo, var. Prime, Premo, Preemo
Derivative of Italian element. "First." Preemo, Premo and Prime are more rare as baby names among the variant forms of Primo.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Pr- names: Pratt, Prentice, Prentis, Prentiss, Presley

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Pr- names: Preston, Price, Primo, Prince, Princeton

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Pr- names: Proctor, Prosper, Pryor

Prince and variants

Prince, var. Prinze, Prinz, Printze, Printz, Princeton
Derived fr. Latin. "Prince." Prinze and forms were favored today.

Procopio, var. Prokopios, Procopius
Derived fr. Spanish, Greek languages. "Progressive." Outside Top 2000.

Proctor and variants

Proctor, var. Procter, Prockter
Derivative of Latin. "Steward, official." Procter (TOP 11%) and Proctor (1%) appear commonly as last names.

Proinsias
Var. of Francis. Based on Latin. "Frenchman." Not in popularity charts.

Prophyrios
Form of Porfirio. Root fr. Greek. "Purple coloring." Not in popularity charts.

Prosper, var. Prosperus, Prospero
Origin fr. Latin language. "Fortunate." Less used today. Prosper was the version last found (1880-1889) in the Top 2000.

Proteus
From Greek element. "Primordial, firstborn." Proteus is not a Top 2000 name.

Proverb
Derived fr. English. "Saying." Not in popularity charts.

Prudencio, var. Prudentius
Based on Spanish, Latin languages. "Caution, discretion." Prudencio and Prudentius were not Top birth names in 2018.

Pryor, var. Prior
Derived fr. Latin element. "Monastic leader." Less used today. Pryor was the form last listed (the 1880s) in the Top 2000.