Putri
Meaning
princess, daughter
The story
Putri is the Indonesian word for princess, and also simply daughter, which makes it one of the warmest naming gestures in the Malay world: the word a family uses for its own girl, turned into her name. It appears across Indonesia in given names and compound names alike, often paired with other elements the way English uses middle names. It is rare in US records since 1890, which is exactly what you would expect for a name whose home is the Indonesian archipelago; in America it reads as a quiet piece of heritage, instantly legible to anyone from home. A princess title that doubles as the plainest word for daughter, which may be the most honest definition of the job.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Putri has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
The Putri deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Putri truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Putri fits with your family’s names and surname.
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