US Popularity Rank: 11363

Origin: Indian

Meaning: light, lantern, lamp, shine

Pradeep is a boy’s name of Hindi origin. It is popular in different languages throughout the Indian subcontinent, where it has many alternate spellings. Pradeep means “light,” “lantern,” “lamp,” and “shine,” and comes from the Sanskrit word of the same meaning. Not only are these meanings indicative of the light that baby Pradeep has brought into your life, but they speak to how your little one will lead others out of darkness throughout their life, too.