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[ 2 syll. pre-ciou(s), pr-ecio-us ] The girl name Precious is pronounced PREHSHahS †. Precious' origin, as well as its use, is in the English language. Literally from the vocabulary word precious. The name is derived from the common English word. Variant forms of Precious include Preciosa (Spanish) and Presh. Precious is somewhat popular as a baby name for girls. The name's popularity jumped from the 1970s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of only very modest use. At the peak of its usage in 1998, 0.038% of baby girls were given the name Precious. Its ranking then was #380. The baby name has since experienced a drop in popularity. In 2008, it ranked at #791 with a usage of 0.018%, but it was nonetheless the most regularly used out of all girl names in its group. Baby names that sound like Precious include Paras, Paris (English), Parise, Parris, Parys, Perouze (Armenian), Persia, Persis (English and Greek), Pirjo (Finnish), Pirkko (Finnish), Porcha (English), Porchsa (English), Porcsha (English), Porscha (English), Porsche (English), Porschee (English), Porsha (English), Portia (English), Prisca (English, German, Italian, and Spanish), and Priska (German).
† Pronunciation for Precious: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
