Prasad
Fewer than 70 men in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one. The name reaches for something sacred: "divine grace," an offering.
Prasad Pronunciation
Prasad is pronounced PRAH-saht (/ˈprasat/).
What Prasad means
Where Prasad comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Prasad comes from Sanskrit prasāda. The word means clarity and graciousness. In Hindu worship it also names the food blessed before a deity and then shared among the people present. The given name keeps both senses: divine grace and the offering itself.
Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India, carried it as part of his name. He served the young republic until 1962. Across South Asia the name is common, most often for men. In Poland it belongs to no name-day and no calendar of saints.
On a school register in Warsaw, Prasad reads as a visitor. The teacher meets a name with no Slavic root. Its short meaning stays plain. It says łaska boska, divine grace, an offering made and given back.
How many people are named Prasad
1 in 309365 men in Poland is named Prasad. 69 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4365 among male names.
Prasad as a middle name
Prasad is a first name for 69 men in Poland and a middle name for another 498, a 12/88 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 320th, between Otto (499) and Donat (495).
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