How do you pronounce Princeton?

Princeton is pronounced PRINS-tun.

What is the origin of Princeton?

Princeton is of English origin, from American culture.

Boy name English origin Christian tradition

PRINS-tun · 9 letters · 2 syllables

What it means

Prince's town

Language

English

Culture

American

Religion

Christian

Style era

modern

Themes

modern · place

2024 rank#614

2024 births464

Peak year2017

First appeared1950

Total US births9,828

Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Alternate spellings

Prynceton

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