Prem

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Meen
• Nakshatra: Purva Bhadrapada
• More names starting with P

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Love, affection; Love, affection, devotion”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Neha — Meanings families give: Rain, love, affection; Love, affection, dew
• Sneha — blandness, tenderness, love, attachment to, fondness or affection for (loc. gen., or comp.), friendship with ()
• Preeti — Meanings families give: Love, joy, affection; Love, affection, delight
• Preethi — Meanings families give: Love, affection; Love, affection, pleasure; Love, affection, joy
• Preet — Meanings families give: Love, affection; Love, affection, fondness
• Het — Love, affection

More unisex names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Veda — Meanings families give: Sacred knowledge; Sacred scripture, knowledge; Knowledge, wisdom, scripture
• Pavan — vital air
• Vasu — Meanings families give: Wealth, brilliant, Vishnu; Wealth, prosperity, good, bright

Other names under Meen rashi

• Pratham — n. foremost, first (in time or in a series or in rank)
• Piya — Beloved, dear one, sweetheart
• Prithvi — Meanings families give: Earth, world, the ground; Earth, wide, expansive
• Revathi — Meanings families give: Star Revati, prosperous; Prosperity, wealthy, last nakshatra; Prosperous, the last star, Apsara; A star, prosperity, wealth
• Priyal — Meanings families give: Beloved, dear one; Beloved, dear; Beloved, pleasing, dear one
• Padmaja — Meanings families give: Lotus-born, born from the lotus; Goddess Lakshmi, born from lotus; Born of lotus, Lakshmi; Born from lotus, Goddess Lakshmi

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Meen names.

Where this comes from

Prem has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.