Pritam

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Beloved, the one most loved”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Ravi — ‘loved by the sun’, an orange
• Pritish — Loved by all, dear to everyone
• Suryakanta — ‘sun-loved’, the sun-stone, sun-crystal (a kind of crystal supposed to possess fabulous properties as giving out heat when exposed to the sun; there is a corresponding moonstone See -; also -)
• Sajan — Beloved, one who is loved deeply
• Alveena — Loved one, dear one
• Suryakant — ‘sun-loved’, the sun-stone, sun-crystal (a kind of crystal supposed to possess fabulous properties as giving out heat when exposed to the sun; there is a corresponding moonstone See -; also -)

More unisex names of Punjabi origin

• Manpreet — Meanings families give: Heart's love; Heart's love, beloved of the mind
• Harpreet — Meanings families give: Love of God; Love of God, God's beloved
• Amandeep — Meanings families give: Light of peace; Lamp of peace
• Anmol — Priceless, invaluable gem
• Mandeep — Lamp of the mind, light of thought
• Jagjit — Conqueror of the world, victor of the universe

Where this comes from

Pritam 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.