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Priest

in Kentucky

There are 274 people with the last name "Priest" in Kentucky.

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Priest 1,841
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  1. is 1,837th most common Keaton
  2. is 1,838th most common Leavell
  3. is 1,839th most common Mains
  4. is 1,840th most common Noffsinger
  5. is 1,841st most common Priest
  6. is 1,842nd most common Vowels
  7. is 1,843rd most common Wayne
  8. is 1,844th most common Beverly
  9. is 1,845th most common Boles

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Priest

Richard, Robert, James, Stephen, Brandon, Chester, David, Donna, Joseph, Lisa

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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