Priestley
name
name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
- 2 An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable
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Habitational surname from aby of various minor places in North Yorkshire, from Old English prēost (“priest”) + lēah (“wood clearing, meadow, leigh”). Equivalent to priest + -ley (“lea”).