Pranish
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PRAH-nish
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Pranish is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “lord of life”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Pranish mean?
Sanskrit: from prana 'life, breath' + isha 'lord'
“lord of life”
Is Pranish a girl's or a boy's name?
Pranish is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pranish in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Pranish, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Pranish in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
How popular is Pranish in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the boys named Pranish in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pranish in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
Names like Pranish
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shivansh, Aarav, Priyansh, Avyaan, Vihaan, Aviraj, Devansh, Yuvraj, Krishiv, Rudransh, Prithvi, Krish
Names related to Pranish
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Aadhya, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Veer, Veda
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Pranish: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pranish, updated 20 October 2026.