Prish

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3684
5 babies

Prish by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Prish. In the US, 10 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Prish

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 Prish. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Parish11 in the US (2017)
  • Parisson of priam; the trojan prince1,149 in the US (2017)
  • Parrishdweller by the parish25 in the US (2017)
  • Pranshgift or blessing19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Priestclergy member; one who leads worship9 in the US (2017)
  • Primofirst, principal, prime6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Prish

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