Preiti as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Preiti

What is the meaning of the name Preiti ?

The baby name Preiti is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈpriːti/ (PREE-tee).

Preiti is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.

Preiti is a feminine given name from the Indo-Aryan linguistic tradition, deriving from Sanskrit prīti (प्रीति), a noun from the root prī- “to please, to love.” It conveys shades of meaning such as love, affectionate regard, joy, kindness, and contented delight. The name appears across Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, and Nepali, with cognates in many Indic languages, and carries auspicious connotations as a virtue celebrated in literature and devotional practice.

In classical sources, prīti is frequent in Sanskrit drama and bhakti poetry, where it denotes loving devotion and beneficent friendship; as a personal name, it gained steady modern usage across North and West India in the 20th century and spread globally through the South Asian diaspora. Preiti is a contemporary transliteration variant of the common forms Preeti and Priti; related spellings include Preity, Preety, and South Indian Preethi. All variants retain the core sense of “love” and “delight.”

⚙ Preiti is about as rare as a name gets. We hold just 4 recorded uses of it, from 2 countries.