English · Girl name
Precious
“of great value”
About the name Precious
Precious is an English word name meaning ‘of great value’. The word comes through Old French precios from the Latin pretiosus, ‘costly’, from pretium, ‘price’. It is used as a term of endearment in many cultures and has been given as a name to girls, particularly in the United States and in southern Africa. A well-known fictional bearer is Precious Ramotswe, the detective in Alexander McCall Smith’s series of novels set in Botswana. The name also gave the title to the film Precious, based on the novel Push by Sapphire.
- Meaning
- of great value
- Origin
- English
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- PREH-shus(2 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Precious
- Precious Ann
- Precious Marie
- Precious Joy
- Precious Rose
- Precious Lynn
Questions about Precious
- What does Precious mean?
- Precious is an English name meaning "of great value".
- How do you pronounce Precious?
- Precious is pronounced PREH-shus, with emphasis on the first syllable.
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