Pranger

in the US

There are 836 people with the last name "Pranger" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Pranger 25,434
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  1. is 25,430th most common Manring
  2. is 25,431st most common Perretta
  3. is 25,432nd most common Plato
  4. is 25,433rd most common Poquette
  5. is 25,434th most common Pranger
  6. is 25,435th most common Radu
  7. is 25,436th most common Rhynes
  8. is 25,437th most common Sardinas
  9. is 25,438th most common Shemwell

Similar Names and Nicknames

Prange, Prenger, Pranke, Prante, Prang, Prance, Pran, Prangley, Pransky, Prinster

Most Common First Names for Pranger

Michael, Robert, Richard, Mary, William, John, James, Donald, Mark, Daniel



Meaning & History

Dutch and North German: nickname for a brawler, from an agent derivative of Middle Dutch prangen, Middle Low German ‘to fight’.

German: nickname for an ostentatious or boastful person, from Middle High German brangen ‘to flaunt’, ‘to brag’.

Altered form of South German Pfranger or Pfränger, agent derivatives of Pfrange (see Prange 2) meaning ‘narrows’. In some instances this may have been a nickname for a narrow-minded person, from the same word in an abstract sense.


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Michael Pranger (9 searches)

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