# Prafulla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/prafulla/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “blooming”, “radiant”, “joyous”, “cheerful” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Praphulla |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रफुल्ल (praphulla, “blooming, radiant, joyous, cheerful”).

## What it means

Prafulla is grouped under joy and light.

## In other languages

- Hindi: प्रफुल्ल

## People named Prafulla

- Prafulla Chandra Ray, Bengali chemist, educationist, poet, historian, industrialist and philanthropist (1861–194
- Prafulla Chaki, British Indian Bengali revolutionary

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.