What does Precious mean?

Precious means "precious"

How do we pronounce Precious?

Precious \pre-ciou(s), pr-ecio-us\ is a female's name. It consists of 8 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Precious is pronounced PR-SH-ahS- 1.

1 Pronunciation for Precious: P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"

What is the origin of Precious?

Precious' origin, as well as its use, is in the English language. Literally from the vocabulary word precious. The name is derived from the common English word.

Variation transcriptions of Precious consist of Preciosa name variations (Latin and Spanish), name Presh meaning, what does the name Preshis mean, and name Preshys. Precious is an all-time favorite. Currently it is still somewhat popular as a baby name for girls, though it was in more widespread use before. The name's popularity jumped from the 1970s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of only very modest use. At the peak of its usage in 1998, 0.038% of baby girls were given the name Precious. Its ranking then was #380. The baby name has since experienced a drop in popularity. In 2010, it ranked at #960 with a usage of 0.014%, but it was nonetheless the most regularly used out of all girl names in its group.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Precious:

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The baby name Precious fun facts:

The name Precious in reverse order is "Suoicerp".

The numerological value of the name Precious is number 7, which means analysis, understanding, knowledge, awareness, studious, meditating.

How popular is Precious?

Precious is in the top names in USA.

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Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames