Preet
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Preet is a name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “love, affection, fondness”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Preet mean?
Sanskrit
“love, affection, fondness”
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
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Is Preet a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Preet has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK.
How popular is Preet in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Preet, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2017, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Preet in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2018, 67% of the babies named Preet in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Preet in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
How popular is Preet in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Preet in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Preet in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Preet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Avneet Priya Manreet Saanvi Japneet Yashvi Dhriti Sanvi Dhanvi Amrit Tanvi
Names related to Preet
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Preet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/preet, updated 20 October 2026.