Meaning of name Precious
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Meaning 
The name Precious has the following meaning: To be treasured. Cheesy but still used by some parents to indicate their child is special.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.
Popularity 
As a baby girl name, Precious is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 479 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Precious rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 5 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 783 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Precious in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Pronunciation  The name Precious is pronounced as presh-uss Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Precious and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Precious: Boys - Admiral, Alfred, Barton, Boston, Burton, Coleman, Davis, Dickinson, Dunton, Earl, Elmore, Errol, Gardner, Garfield, Graham, Hamilton, Hayward, Jamari, Kipp, Lyman, Lyndon, Girls - Ammie, Arrie, China, Cordie, Darlene, Diamond, Jaelynn, Jaimie, Kimora, Knowles, Lady, Mercy, Octavia, Pinkie, Shirlene, Both genders - Albert, Augustine, Blake, Edward, Madison, Parker
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Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Precious to be: A rich, elitist girlIn one word, you might describe Precious as a(n) " rich" person. See other "rich" names for girls.
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Famous persons  The names of some famous persons by the name Precious (or its variants) are: Precious Lara San Augustin Quigaman, born on 3 January, a famous model. Precious Lara San Augustin Quigaman's background: A model, host, freelance web page writer, and former beauty queen who won the 2005 Miss International beauty pageant held in Tokyo, Japan. She is the fourth Filipina to have won the crown, after Gemma Cruz in 1964, Aurora Pijuan in 1970, and Melanie Marquez in 1979. She was also the Binibining Pilipinas International title holder for 2005. Precious Wilson, born on 18 October, a famous singer. Precious Wilson's background: A soul singer from Jamaica, now living in London. Precious Wilson started out as a backing singer for the all-male group Eruption. The group enjoyed a minor hit when they won a talent competition in 1975 with the song 'Let Me Take You Back in Time'. Unable to sustain their momentum, the lead singer left the group, and Precious stepped forward to front the band. While on the road in Germany, Eruption was discovered in 1977 by German producer Frank Farian who hired them to support Boney M. on their tour. Signing them to Boney M.'s label Hansa Records, Farian released the single 'Party Party' but it was their cover version of 'I Can't Stand the Rain' from their first album which broke big, giving them a UK #5 hit and a US #18 hit. After a second album and another massive hit single with 'One Way Ticket', Precious left the group to pursue a solo career.
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