First name origin & meaning: Old English: Dweller at the church; priest's settlement First name variations: Prescott, Presley, Priestly, Priest, Prestan, Presten, Prestin, Preston Last name origin & meaning: English (mainly Yorkshire): habitational name from any of the
various minor places so named, especially the one in North
Yorkshire. These are named from Old English prēost ‘priest’
+ lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’, i.e. a wood or clearing belonging
to the Church.
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