Precious

Where Precious comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Precious.

  • English
Precious through the years
  1. 1897
    First appearance
    #1,385 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Precious Dede born
    Nigerian association football player
  3. 1996
    Peak, #376
    703 babies named Precious, its best rank.
  4. 1999
    Precious Achiuwa born
    Nigerian basketball player
  5. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #955.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Precious Achiuwa · Nigerian basketball player, born 1999
  • Precious Dede · Nigerian association football player, born 1980
  • Precious Wilson · Jamaican singer, born 1957
  • Precious Lara Quigaman · Filipina beauty pageant titleholder, born 1983
  • Precious Adams · American ballet dancer, born 1950

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.