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Updated March 21, 2024

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How Popular Is The Name Prim

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : of uncertain origin; possibly from the Latin personal name Primus (‘the first’), borne by several saints; or one composed with a Germanic word meaning ‘to prick or stab’; or from a personal name of Slavic origin Primm, from prēmu ‘right’.
  • French : from a personal name (from Latin Primus).
  • French : nickname from Old French prim ‘first’, possibly given to the eldest child in a family, or alternatively a nickname from Old French and Occitan prim ‘shrewd’, ‘clever’, ‘artful’, ‘sly’.
  • Dutch : variant of Priem.
  • English : variant of Prime.
  • Some of the Prim families in VT descend from a Simon Laval dit Printemps, who was known in English-speaking areas as Seymour Prim.

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