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Praveen name meaning

“skilled; proficient”

Also spelled Pravin

Letters
7
Syllables
2
First letter
P
Origin
Sanskrit · Hindi
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 2000s: 7.2%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s7.2%
2010s–

Indian Names: PMeaning knowledgeSanskrit origin

Praveen is a male name from Sanskrit meaning 'skilled'; Pravin is an alternative spelling.

What does Praveen mean?

Skilled; proficient

In Malay: mahir; cekap

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Sources (2)

About the name Praveen

Praveen (also Pravin) comes from Sanskrit pravīṇa, which in Hindi means skilled, proficient or expert. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 2000s with 289 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginSanskrit, Hindi
SyllablesPra-veen
First letterIndian Names starting with P
Devanagari scriptप्रवीण

Praveen in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
Boy: 289 · 7.2%
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Praveen as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Indian table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Other spellings in the JPN data: Pravin (2000s 526 boy, 2010s 57 boy)

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: प्रवीण · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Praveen · behindthename.com · meaning

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