Prayag
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning confluence of rivers; a sacred pilgrimage site in India.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Prayag by the numbers
Prayag was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Prayag. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean holiness
Like Prayag, 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)
Other names that mean a river
Like Prayag, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)
- Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
- Zairethe river; from Congo River name349 in the US (2017)
- Clydefrom the river Clyde344 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Prayag
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