Princess

Princess: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “princess, king's daughter”
Origin: English
Say it: PRIN-ses · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Princess is an English vocabulary name taken directly from the royal title. It is used as a given name in some English-speaking communities.

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How popular is Princess?

202463.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Princess in 2024211

2024 rank#1,143 girls

Peak year2017

Total US babies since 188015,769

Princess has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Princess

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Averyruler of elves · English
Violetviolet flower · English
Hazelhazel tree · English
Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
Lilylily flower · English

Princess questions

What does the name Princess mean?

Princess means "princess, king's daughter". It comes from English. Princess is an English vocabulary name taken directly from the royal title. It is used as a given name in some English-speaking communities.

Is Princess a boy or girl name?

Princess is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Princess?

211 US babies were named Princess in 2024. Its peak year was 2017.

How do you pronounce Princess?

Princess is usually pronounced PRIN-ses.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.