as a Last Name
- 6,319
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Prior
Meaning & Origins
Southern English, Scottish, Dutch, and German: ultimately from Latin prior ‘superior’, used to denote a prior, a monastic official immediately subordinate to an abbot, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble a prior or, more often, an occupational name for a servant of a prior.
| 4,797th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,319
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Prior per capita
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