MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Prem mean?
Hindi prem continues the Sanskrit love noun preman. In Premalata it qualifies latā, creeper, to create the image of a creeper of love.
Pronunciation
IAST: prema
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
प्रेम
Letter-by-letter: prema
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Prem in Indian usage
667,123 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 267,142 records (40%).
- Recorded as male: 399,981 records (60%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 2,162 |
| 1930s | 12,974 |
| 1940s | 47,923 |
| 1950s | 98,786 |
| 1960s | 150,286 |
| 1970s | 143,954 |
| 1980s | 132,237 |
| 1990s | 78,619 |
| Other decades | 182 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 181,480 |
| Rajasthan | 152,712 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 73,014 |
| Haryana | 65,004 |
| Bihar | 40,913 |
| Punjab | 38,320 |
| Delhi | 32,381 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 26,241 |
| Uttarakhand | 22,419 |
| Jharkhand | 20,844 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 4,354 |
| Chandigarh | 2,189 |
| Assam | 1,705 |
| Kerala | 1,498 |
| Sikkim | 1,431 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 496 |
| Meghalaya | 388 |
| Manipur | 380 |
| Tripura | 297 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 248 |
| Nagaland | 203 |
| Maharashtra | 146 |
| Puducherry | 145 |
| Mizoram | 102 |
| Other states | 213 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Prem / M | 8 | 2,664 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Prem; Table_6, C2875 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Prem; Table_6, C2875
- Monier-Williams, prema, p. 711,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: प्रेम ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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