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Pleasant - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Pleasant

[ 2 syll. plea-san(t), pl-easa-nt ] The boy name Pleasant is pronounced as PLEHZahNT KEY. Pleasant is used predominantly in English and its origin is also English. Derived literally from the ordinary word 'pleasant'.

Pleasant is uncommon as a baby boy name. In 1900, 0.005% of baby boys were named Pleasant. It had a ranking of #956 then. The baby name has seen a fall in popularity since then, and is currently of irregular use. Within all boy names in its family, Pleasant was nevertheless the most frequently used in 2008.

KEY: Pronunciation for Pleasant: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"


 
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Meaning of Pleasant