Priestly - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Priestly \p-riest-ly, pri(es)-tly\ is a variant of Presley (Old English), and the meaning of Priestly is "priest's meadow".

The baby name Priestly sounds like Priestley and Prestley. Other similar baby names are Presly, Pressley and Preston.

Priestly is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#21312 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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