Given name
Prashant
“one who is peaceful; calm”
Prashant is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “one who is peaceful; calm.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is peaceful; calm.”
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 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Prashant through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 278
- 278 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 14 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 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,249 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Prashant’s family of names
Prashant has a related form in Prashanth. Prashant has a related form in Prashante. Prashant has a related form in Prashanthe.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Prashant has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Prashant
- Prashant KishorIndian Political Strategistborn 1977
- Prashant TamangIndian singer and film actor1983–2026
- Prashant BhushanIndian activist, lawyer and politicianborn 1956
- Prashant PrabhakarGerman actorborn 1974
- Prashant NarayananIndian TV and film actorborn 1969
- Prashant ChopraIndian cricketerborn 1992
- Prashant PillaiIndian composerborn 1981
- Prashant VaidyaIndian cricket playerborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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