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Preserved

Boy · English

Preserved

Say it: prih-ZERVD

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Meaning

The English past participle preserved, giving thanks for preservation by God.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

A New England name used into the 18th century.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

  1. The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
  2. The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837

Used by

American

Famous bearers

  • Preserved Fish, New York merchant

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Where this comes from

  • Puritan church and town records of England and New England
  • Colonial records of the Americas

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