Given name
Prissy
“from an ancient family”
In English use, Prissy is a diminutive of Priscilla. In Latin use, Priscilla carries the interpretation “from an ancient family.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Prissy is a diminutive of Priscilla. In Latin use, Priscilla carries the interpretation “from an ancient family.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Prissy is a diminutive of Priscilla. Priscilla comes from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Prissy is a diminutive of Priscilla.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Prissy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 0 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1968. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1959.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Prissy’s family of names
In English usage, Prissy is a diminutive of Priscilla. Prissy has a related form in Priscilla.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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