# Pride (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pride/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Welsh |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,172 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,908 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 43,049 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.0% (6,768 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Pryde |

## Etymology

The word has two main origins: * A nickname from Welsh prid (“precious, dear”). * From pride, a nickname for a vain or haughty person.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pride in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 41% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 53% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Similar surnames

Prieto, Perdue, Pardue, Priddy, Pardee, Purdie, Purdue, Prude, Pratt, Pruitt, Prado, Purdy.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.