Male name
Princeton
10,256 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 2017. Expression number: 6.
Origin
From prince + -ton (“town”), originally in honor of crown princes or princes of the British Empire but later chiefly in honor of others with the name Prince or locations named Princeton. Doublet of Princetown. Cf. Princes Town, Princeville, Kingston, Kingstone, Coniston, Kingstown, Queenston, and Queenstown. In particular, the British Columbian town is named for Edward VII, who was known as Albert, Prince of Wales, during the reign of his mother Queen Victoria. The New Jersey borough is named for William III—who became king of England through marriage to Mary II—in honor of his own separate Dutch title of Prince of Orange. The North Carolina town and Nebraska and Ontario communities are named for the New Jersey borough; the Missouri city is named for the Battle of Princeton which occurred there in the American Revolution; and the Illinois city and Florida CDP are named for the university named for its location in the borough. The given name derives from the prestigious university.From Wiktionary, entry “Princeton”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 2017: 793 births. 10,256 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 1980. It is still given: 2,657 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
7 + 9 + 9 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 2 + 6 + 5 = 51 → 6
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
2
cooperation, sensitivity, connection
9 + 5 + 6 = 20 → 2
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
4
work, structure, stability
7 + 9 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 5 = 31 → 4
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 4, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 5 · freedom, change, movement
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.