Priya

Where Priya comes from

From Sanskrit प्रिया (priyā). Doublet of Frigg (and variants).
— Wiktionary's entry for Priya
  • India
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1969
    First appearance
    #5,456 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2001
    Peak, #1,102
    192 babies named Priya — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from India. A common Hindu female name which means beloved. It is usually used in conjunction with another name, mostly those of gods to imply "beloved of ________".
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.