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Priest

in Alabama

There are 230 people with the last name "Priest" in Alabama.

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Priest 2,395
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  1. is 2,391st most common Grimsley
  2. is 2,392nd most common Kittrell
  3. is 2,393rd most common Noel
  4. is 2,394th most common Parton
  5. is 2,395th most common Priest
  6. is 2,396th most common Robert
  7. is 2,397th most common Santiago
  8. is 2,398th most common Whorton
  9. is 2,399th most common Boyington

Similar Names and Nicknames

Prieto, Priester, Priebe, Priestley, Pries, Prier, Priem, Priestly, Prieur, Priess

Most Common First Names for Priest

James, William, Billy, David, Barry, Gary, John, Jonathan, Miranda, Napoleon

Meaning & History

English (mainly West Midlands): from Middle English pr(i)est ‘minister of the Church’ (Old English prēost, from Latin presbyter, Greek presbyteros ‘elder’, ‘counselor’, comparative of presbys ‘old man’), used as a nickname, either for someone with a pious manner or possibly for someone who had played the part of a priest in a pageant. It may also have been an occupational name for someone in the service of a priest, and occasionally it may have been used to denote someone suspected of being the son of a priest.

FOREBEARS A John Priest is recorded as being in Woburn, MA, as early as 1675. The Mayflower Pilgrim Digory Priest of Holland died the first winter at Plymouth in 1620, leaving behind a widow who remarried and two daughters, who did not pass on the family name.

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James Priest, AL (5 searches)
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