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 [ syll. pre-ben, pr-eb-en ] The boy name Preben is pronounced as PRIYBahN KEY. Preben is largely used in the Scandinavian language and it is derived from Slavonic origins. The name is from Pridbjørn (Medieval Danish), itself a variant of Pritbor (Old Slavic) or Pridbor (Old Slavic) altered by association with the Scandinavian element 'bjørn' (bear); the Slavic forms are from the elements 'prid' (first, leading) and 'boru' (fight, battle). Preben is not regularly used as a baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000. A baby name that sounds like Preben is the name Pravin (Indian). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Preben: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
