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Priest

in Georgia

There are 617 people with the last name "Priest" in Georgia.

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NameRank
Priest 1,634
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  1. is 1,630th most common Gooch
  2. is 1,631st most common Grogan
  3. is 1,632nd most common Luna
  4. is 1,633rd most common Mcarthur
  5. is 1,634th most common Priest
  6. is 1,635th most common Cofer
  7. is 1,636th most common Almond
  8. is 1,637th most common Case
  9. is 1,638th most common Macdonald

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Priest

James, Mary, Michael, Deborah, John, Robert, Billy, Brian, Jason, Shirley

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, GA (9 searches)
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