Pranav
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning sacred syllable om; primordial sound.
Babies a year
26
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1124
26 babies
Pranav by the numbers
In 2025, 26 babies in England and Wales were named Pranav. In the US, 139 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 236 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Pranav. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Pranaylove or affection10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Panav6 in the US (2017)
- Pranshgift or blessing19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Prabhavinfluence, power, radiance11 in the US (2017)
- Prayagconfluence of rivers; a sacred pilgrimage site in India5 in the US (2017)
- Parnavwinged or feathered4 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean holiness
Like Pranav, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- ThiagoSaint James1,765 in the US (2017)
- Malcolmdevotee of Saint Columba804 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Pranav
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