Priest Names for Boys

There are 5 Priest names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Priest names 1 to 5. Aaron was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English, German, Hebrew, and Polish, and it was followed in popularity by the English Preston and the English and Hebrew Eli. The unusual Priest names are Herbert (English, French, and German) and Uriah (Hebrew).

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 2007, 3 Priest names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.721%. Within all Priest names, the English, German, Hebrew, and Polish Aaron was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #52 and a usage of 0.4022%.

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Preston 114 ... priest town ...The name Preston means priest town ... words 'preost' meaning priest ; 'tun' meaning town, ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Aaron 52 ... enlightened, exalted, ... became the first high priest of the Israelites ...

Eli 130 ... height, ascension ... in the Bible by the priest and judge who taught ...

Herbert ... army, warrior; bright, ... the Welsh poet and priest George Herbert was a ...

Uriah ... God is light ... his wife Bathsheba, a priest under Ahaz who built a ...