Given name
Pratima
“an image or icon”
Pratima is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “an image or icon.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “an image or icon.”
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 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pratima through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 5 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 girls is 5 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,279 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.
Pratima’s family of names
Pratima has a related form in Prateama. Pratima has a related form in Prateema. Pratima has a related form in Prateima.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pratima
- Pratima DeviIndian Bengali artist (1893-1969)
- Pratima MondalIndian politicianborn 1966
- Pratima BhoumikIndian politicianborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Pratima, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Amita
“without limits; unmeasurable” · “a dear friendship”
>99% girls
Tarika
“a starlet”
>99% girls
Latika
“an elegant and majestic lady”
>99% girls
Drisana
“daughter of the sun”
>99% girls
Sunita
“of good conduct” · “giving good guidance, righteous”
>99% girls
Kalinda
“of the sun”
>99% girls
Sweta
“a light-skinned woman; fair”
>99% girls
Sushma
“a beautiful woman”
>99% girls