Preserved

kept safe

GenderBoyOriginEnglish (Puritan virtue name)Say itpruh-ZURVDPopularityVery rare Puritan holdover, essentially extinct by 1900s
Pronounced pruh-ZURVD

About the name Preserved

Preserved is one of the boldest Puritan virtue names, meaning kept safe by divine providence. It's exceedingly rare and historically fascinating.

Devout, deliberate, and unusually distinctive.

Fun fact

Preserved Fish was a real 19th-century New York merchant and later a congressman.

Variations

Preserve

Famous people named Preserved

  • Preserved Fish (19th-century merchant)

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