Given name
Prashanth
“one who is peaceful; calm”
Prashanth is a variant of Prashant. One Indian interpretation is “one who is peaceful; calm.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Prashanth is a variant of Prashant. One Indian interpretation is “one who is peaceful; calm.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Prashanth is a variant of Prashant. An origin associated with Prashant is Indian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Prashanth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 6 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 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,321 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.
Prashanth’s family of names
Prashanth has a related form in Prashant.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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