Given name & surname

Prisco

“the elder”

Prisco is a surname from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Prisco goes back to Latin Priscus, meaning “the elder.”

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Where it comes from

Prisco comes from Italian.

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How it developed

From Italian Prisco.

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Prisco’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Prisco has a conventional equivalent in the Catalan form PRISC. In Portuguese usage, Prisco has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form PRISCUS. In Portuguese usage, Prisco has a conventional equivalent in the Bulgarian form Приск.

Walk Prisco’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Prisco has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.

Italian

3 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Prisco

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

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Italian

Runco

Runco is a surname from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.

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Italian

Crocco

Crocco is a surname from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.

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Italian

Pizzo

Pizzo is a surname from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.

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Italian

Orrico

Orrico is a surname from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.

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Italian

Pretti

“pure”

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38% boys · 62% girls

Italian

Izzo

Izzo is a surname from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.

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Italian

Iero

Iero is a surname from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.

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Italian

Panico

Panico is a surname from Italian.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Prisco’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Prisco