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Priest

in New Jersey

There are 209 people with the last name "Priest" in New Jersey.

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Priest 3,804
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  1. is 3,800th most common Mcgann
  2. is 3,801st most common Nestor
  3. is 3,802nd most common Nogueira
  4. is 3,803rd most common Pecora
  5. is 3,804th most common Priest
  6. is 3,805th most common Romanowski
  7. is 3,806th most common Thurston
  8. is 3,807th most common Arellano
  9. is 3,808th most common Blauvelt

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Priest

James, John, Joseph, Philip, Kathryn, Ronald, William, Carol, Danielle, Dawn

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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