Given name
Prema
“one who is dearly loved”
Prema is used as a feminine counterpart of Prem.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
How it developed
Prema is used as a feminine counterpart of Prem.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Prema through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 53
- 0 boys · 53 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 8 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 732 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.
Prema’s family of names
Prema is a feminine form of Prem. Prema has a related form in Premah. Prema has a related form in Premma.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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