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Priest

in Tennessee

There are 353 people with the last name "Priest" in Tennessee.

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Priest 2,119
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  1. is 2,115th most common Higginbotham
  2. is 2,116th most common Littrell
  3. is 2,117th most common Myrick
  4. is 2,118th most common Prather
  5. is 2,119th most common Priest
  6. is 2,120th most common Springfield
  7. is 2,121st most common Swallows
  8. is 2,122nd most common Corlew
  9. is 2,123rd most common Higgs

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Priest

James, Michael, Charles, John, Bobby, Steven, Susan, Timothy, Amy, Donna

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, TN (9 searches)
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