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Priest

in Rhode Island

There are 52 people with the last name "Priest" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Priest 2,758
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  3. is 2,756th most common Peter
  4. is 2,757th most common Pontes
  5. is 2,758th most common Priest
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  9. is 2,762nd most common Sanantonio

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Priest

Phyllis, Burton, Joseph, Angela, Arthur, Brian, Heather, Jeanne, Jeffrey, Kevin

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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