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Priest

in Mississippi

There are 203 people with the last name "Priest" in Mississippi.

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Ranking in Mississippi

NameRank
Priest 1,674
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  1. is 1,670th most common Handy
  2. is 1,671st most common Holbrook
  3. is 1,672nd most common Mahaffey
  4. is 1,673rd most common Mizell
  5. is 1,674th most common Priest
  6. is 1,675th most common Beal
  7. is 1,676th most common Eason
  8. is 1,677th most common East
  9. is 1,678th most common Herbert

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Priest

John, Bobby, James, William, Michael, Billy, Gina, Harry, Jimmie, Melanie

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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