Preet

Where Preet comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रीत (prīta, “love, affection, fondness”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Preet
  • Sanskrit
Preet through the years
  1. 1997
    First appearance
    #9,265 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2000
    Peak, #5,297
    13 babies named Preet, the most in any year.
  3. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #9,243.
  4. 2015
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes

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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.