Prairie
English nature name
"prairie"
By Brynn McKeon
Updated Wed Nov 29 2023
Prairie Origin and Meaning
The name Prairie is both a boy's name and 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".
Prairie is derived from the Old French word praierie, which ultimately came from the Latin pratum, meaning "meadow".
Prairie Popularity
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20 Names Similar to Prairie
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Prairie in Pop Culture
- Prairie DawnMuppet on "Sesame Street"
- Prairie Johnsonmain character in the TV show "The OA"
- Prairie Wheelera cool Valley Girl in Pynchon's "Vineland" (1990)
- Prairie Flowercharacter played by Native American actress Mona Darkfeather in The Vanishing Tribe (1914)
- "Little House on the Prairie"
- "A Prairie Home Companion"
- Pure Prairie Leagueband
- Prairieterm for miles of fertile rolling grassland
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