Given name & surname
Pure
“one who is chaste; clean”
Pure is a variant of Purity. One English interpretation is “one who is chaste; clean.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pure is a variant of Purity. One English interpretation is “one who is chaste; clean.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Pure is a variant of Purity. An origin associated with Purity is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pure through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 70
- 19 boys · 51 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 11 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 165 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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