# Prometheus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/prometheus/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | “before”, “to think” |
| Pronunciation | /pɹoʊˈmiθi.əs/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 101 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 101 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús), from πρό (pró, “before”) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to think”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7 | 10,455 |
| 2014 | 8 | 9,403 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,412 |
| 2018 | 10 | 8,019 |
| 2019 | 10 | 8,068 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10,336 |
| 2022 | 18 | 5,379 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,915 |
| 2024 | 15 | 6,114 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,754 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: بْرُومِيثْيُوس
- Armenian: Պրոմեթեւս, Պրոմեթևս
- Bulgarian: Прометей
- Catalan: Prometeu
- Chinese: 普羅米修斯 /普罗米修斯
- Czech: Prométheus
- Danish: Prometheus
- Dutch: Prometheus
- Esperanto: Prometeo
- Estonian: Prometheus
- Finnish: Prometheus, Prometheas, Prometeus
- French: Prométhée
- Georgian: პრომეთე
- German: Prometheus
- Greek: Προμηθέας
- Hebrew: פרומתאוס
- Hungarian: Prométheusz
- Icelandic: Prómeþeifur
- Indonesian: Prometheus
- Irish: Proiméitéas

## 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.