Given name
Pranit
“one who is humble; modest”
Pranit is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “one who is humble; modest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is humble; modest.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pranit through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 97
- 97 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2006.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pranit’s family of names
Pranit has a related form in Praneet. Pranit has a related form in Praneat. Pranit has a related form in Pranyt.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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