Pleasant Forename

190,867th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,633 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Pleasant Forename Definition:

A female name. Old French plaisance and plaisant respectively (cf. Clemency and Clement); found as christian names from the 13th C onward. C. W. Bardsley, Dictionary of English and WelshSurnames (pub. 1901) gives examples of Pleasant still in use as late as 1757, and it and Pleasance lasted still longer in the USA.

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Pleasant Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi
72%
 
5501:31,1132,412
Nigeria
 
98%
4971:357,27212,540
United States
54%
 
4941:733,88117,074
India
 
86%
411:29,631,170611,330
South Africa
 
75%
141:3,895,18990,619
Kenya-81:5,788,38930,473
England
50%
 
61:9,267,15467,986
Canada
100%
41:8,283,34367,579
Israel
100%
21:4,201,45930,777
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Liberia
100%
21:2,206,03027,695
Philippines
100%
21:53,004,738452,678
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
American Samoa-11:55,8453,376
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Pakistan-11:194,357,680303,535
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904

Pleasant (9,750) may also be a surname.

Pleasant Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. Old French plaisance and plaisant respectively (cf. Clemency and Clement); found as christian names from the 13th C onward. C. W. Bardsley, Dictionary of English and WelshSurnames (pub. 1901) gives examples of Pleasant still in use as late as 1757, and it and Pleasance lasted still longer in the USA.

Plesencia Close Rolls 1245. Placencia Feudal Aids 1346. Plesancia Year Book 1422.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

A Teutonic name, meaning: Amiable: pleasing.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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