MEANING & HISTORY
What does Precious mean?
Precious is an English adjective adopted as a personal name. Its direct sense concerns something of great value or held dear.
The word has an older French and Latin history associated with price or value. As a name, it can express affection, but the linguistic record does not prove the particular intention of every family who chooses it.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Precious.
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Precious (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
A female given name from English.
Wiktionary: Precious (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Precious
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Precious Lara Quigaman
Filipina beauty pageant titleholder
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Precious Hipolito
Philippine actress
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Precious Lara Quigaman, Precious Hipolito
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Precious in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Precious
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Prince♂Prince; a ruler or royal son
- Princess♀Princess, a royal title used as a name
- Priscilla♀Diminutive of Prisca: ancient or old
- Procopio♂Progress or advance, through Procopius
- Prudencio♂Prudent, wise, or skilled
- Prangkoy♂Familiar form of Francis
- Pransing♀Familiar form of Francisca
- Primitivo♂First formed; from Latin Primitivus
What rhymes with Precious?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Precious
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Precious further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q16280681 — Precious (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Precious Lara Quigaman (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16280681 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Precious Hipolito (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16280681 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Precious (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Precious (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Precious (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.