Given name
Priti
“one who loves and is loved”
Priti is a variant of Preeti. One Indian interpretation is “one who loves and is loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Priti is a variant of Preeti. One Indian interpretation is “one who loves and is loved.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Priti is a variant of Preeti. An origin associated with Preeti is Indian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Priti through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 265
- 0 boys · 265 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 22 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,233 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.
Priti’s family of names
Priti has a related form in Preeti. In English usage, Priti has a related form in Preeti. In Bengali usage, Priti is a Roman-alphabet rendering of প্রীতি.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Priti
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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