Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Middle English Prior, from Middle English prior.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Prior’s family of names
Prior has a related form in Pryor. In Greek usage, Prior as a surname is a transliteration of Πρίορ. In English usage, Prior as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Прайор.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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