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Priest

in Virginia

There are 227 people with the last name "Priest" in Virginia.

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Priest 3,388
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  1. is 3,384th most common Ogburn
  2. is 3,385th most common Olds
  3. is 3,386th most common Otoole
  4. is 3,387th most common Pickering
  5. is 3,388th most common Priest
  6. is 3,389th most common Simmers
  7. is 3,390th most common Curley
  8. is 3,391st most common Ellsworth
  9. is 3,392nd most common Fariss

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Priest

Robert, James, Michael, Thomas, Mary, Jerry, John, Roger, Christopher

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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Robert Priest, VA (7 searches)
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