Prairie

English nature name

"prairie"

Prairie Origin and Meaning

The name Prairie is a girl's name meaning "prairie".

Unspecific place name with a wonderfully wide-open, spacious, western feel; used for a character in Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland.

Prairie is derived from the Old French word praierie, which ultimately came from the Latin pratum, meaning "meadow".

Popularity of the name Prairie

• 1153 Nameberry 2025

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The name Prairie in Pop Culture

• Prairie Dawn Muppet on "Sesame Street"
• Prairie Johnson main character in the TV show "The OA"
• Prairie Wheeler a cool Valley Girl in Pynchon's "Vineland" (1990)
• Prairie Flower character played by Native American actress Mona Darkfeather in The Vanishing Tribe (1914)
• Pure Prairie League band
• Prairie term for miles of fertile rolling grassland
• Prairie Moon Palmer Webber daughter of actors Teresa Palmer & Mark Webber