Prakash is a boy's name of Indian origin meaning “bright light.” In England & Wales it was given to 5 boys in 1999.
Prakash belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “bright light” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Prakash first appears in Social Security records in 1972. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #5547 in 1972, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 57 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Prakash means “bright light” in its Indian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Prakash is a boy name. In England & Wales, 5 babies received the name in 1999.
Prakash comes from the Hindu & Indian tradition.
Prakash first appears in US records in 1972. Its best-ever ranking was #5547 in 1972, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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