Entry № 8298 · Sanskrit origin

Preity Preity — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ PREE-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Love (iconic Preity Zinta Bollywood + Padma Shri)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "love (iconic preity zinta bollywood + padma shri)".

Preity is the modernized spelling of prīti (प्रीति — love, affection, kindness) — a Sanskrit concept of feminine love/affection. Preity in Sanskrit tradition — the Sanskrit feminine concept of affectionate love; central to classical Indian philosophy; appears throughout the iconic Bhagavad Gita (c. 5th-2nd century BCE), the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and broader Hindu spiritual literature; central to the iconic Hindu Bhakti tradition where prīti (loving devotion) is to the spiritual relationship between devotee and divine. Princess Preity — Hindu heritage naming.

Love / affection (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

प्रीति
Transliteration
Prīti
Pronunciation
/ ˈpriː.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Preity stands.

Preity does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Preitys before her.

Real people
Preity Zinta
Iconic Bollywood + Filmfare Best Actress + Padma Shri 2017.
born 1975
In fiction
Preity
Sanskrit for love/affection.

Names connected to Preity.

The number behind Preity.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Preity reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.