Priscilla name - Meaning of Priscilla
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- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 9
- Usage
- English, Italian, Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin, Biblical
- Pronounced
- pri-SIL-ə (English) , pree-SHEEL-lah (Italian)
- Priscilla Meaning
- Roman name, a diminutive of Prisca. In Acts in the New Testament Paul lived with Priscilla and her husband Aquila in Corinth for a while. It has been used as an English given name since the Protestant Reformation, being popular with the Puritans. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow used it in his poem 'The Courtship of Miles Standish' (1858). Priscilla originates in Latin language and means "old-time, ancient". It is a variation of Prisca, ultimately derived from a family name Priscus. Priscilla appears in the Bible as Aquila"s wife, as well as in Edmund Spenser"s The Faerie Queen. In English-speaking countries it has been used as a given name since the 17th century. Popularized by Priscilla Presley, ex-wife of Elvis Presley.
Priscilla Related Names
Variant:, Priskilla, Priscella, Prisilla, Prissy, Scilla
Diminutives: Cece, Pris, Prissy, Sissy, Cissy, Sissie (English), Scilla (Italian)
Masculine Form: Priscus (Ancient Roman)
Other Languages: Priska, Priskilla (Biblical Greek), Prisca (Dutch), Priska (German), Piroska, Piri (Hungarian), Priscila (Portuguese), Priscila (Spanish)
Priscilla Celebrities
Priscilla Barnes - actress, Priscilla Chan - singer, Priscilla Galloway - writer, Priscilla Lane - actress, Priscilla Lee - writer, Priscilla Masters - writer, Priscilla Presley - actress, Priscilla Roberts - artist,
