There are 9 Priest names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Priest names 1 to 9. Aaron was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English, German, Hebrew, and Polish, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Hebrew, and Yiddish Eli, the English Preston, and the Hebrew and English name, Uriah. The unusual Priest names are Abbot (English), Khoury (Arabic), Presley (English), Herbert (English, French, and German), and Telmo (Portuguese and Spanish). Priest names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1950s up to the 1980s. At the height of their usage in 1981, 0.888% of baby boys were given Priest names. There were 4 Priest names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Priest names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 4 Priest names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.773%. Within all Priest names, the English, German, Hebrew, and Polish Aaron was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #50 and a usage of 0.3916%.
WORD/MEANING MATCH: | Abbot | priest ...The name's meaning is priest. ... |
| Khoury | priest ...The meaning of Khoury is 'priest'. ... |
Presley  | priest's meadow ...The name is of the meaning priest's meadow ... |
Preston  124 | priest town ...The name means priest town ... words 'preost' meaning priest ; 'tun' meaning town, ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Aaron  50 | enlightened, exalted, ... became the first high priest of the Israelites ... |
Eli  100 | height, ascension; God is salvation; my God is Yahweh; God is help, God is my helper; God has helped ... |
Herbert  | army, warrior; bright, ... the Welsh poet and priest George Herbert was a ... |
| Telmo | Saint Elmo ... 13th century Spanish priest Pedro González Telmo ... |
Uriah  697 | God is light ... his wife Bathsheba, a priest under Ahaz who built a ... |
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