Princeston
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 31 babies a year in the US.
Princeston by the numbers
Princeston was given to 31 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 37 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Princeston
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Princeston. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Princetonprince's town; place name781 in the US (2017)
- Prynceton11 in the US (2017)
- Princetyn7 in the US (2017)
- Princetin5 in the US (2017)
- Princezion5 in the US (2017)
- Princeethan5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Princeston
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