Priscilla

A female given name: from a Roman family name.

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Priscilla is an English female given name adopted from Latin Prisca, derived from priscus. One suggestion is that it is intended to bestow long life on the bearer.
It appears in the New Testament of Christianity variously as Priscilla and Prisca, a female leader in early Christianity. The name appears in English literature in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1596) and was adopted as an English name by the Puritans in the 17th century.
Priscilla may refer to:
Priscilla, an early Christian of the New Testament and companion to Paul the Apostle; see Priscilla and Aquila
Priscilla (Brazilian singer) (born 1990), Brazilian singer and songwriter
Priscilla Betti (born 1989), French singer and actress
Priscilla Ahn, singer
Priscilla Alden (c. 1602-c. c. 1680), member of Massachusetts Bay Colony, wife of John Alden
Priscilla Barnes (born 1955), American actress
Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (1761–1828)
Priscilla Chan Wai-Han (born 1965), singer from Hong Kong
Priscilla Chan (philanthropist) (born 1985), philanthropist and wife of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg
Priscilla Hill (born 1960), American retired figure skater
Priscilla Horton (1818–1895), English singer and actress
Priscilla Kemble (1756–1845), English actress
Priscilla Lane (1915–1995), of the singing Lane Sisters
Priscilla Leung (born 1961), Hong Kong legislator, barrister and associate professor
Priscilla Lopez (born 1948), American singer, dancer and actress
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (born 1982), Canadian track and field hurdler
Priscilla Martel (born 1956), American chef, food writer and consultant
Priscilla Nzimiro (born 1923), physician from Nigeria
Priscilla Owen (born 1954), United States federal judge for the Fifth Circuit
Priscilla Pointer (born 1924), American actress and mother of actress Amy Irving
Priscilla Presley (born 1945), American actress and businesswoman and ex-wife of Elvis Presley
Priscilla Cooper Tyler (1816–1889), former acting First Lady of the United States, daughter-in-law of President John Tyler
Priscilla J. Smith, American lawyer and activist
Priscilla Wakefield (1751–1832), English Quaker educational writer and philanthropist
Priscilla Welch (born 1944), British marathon runner
Prisca may refer to:
Prisca (empress) (d. 315), Roman empress, wife of Diocletian and mother of Galeria Valeria
Prisca (Prophet) (late 2nd century), founding leader and prophet of Montanism
Saint Prisca (late 1st century), Roman Catholic martyr and saint

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Fem. proper name, from Latin, fem. of Priscillus, diminutive of Priscus, from priscus "antique, old-fashioned, old, ancient, primitive, venerable;" related to prior (see prior (adj.)).

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Feminine form of Prisca: ancient.

Prisca, Prissy

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Priscilla Presley	1945	Actress and businesswoman from the United States and former wife of Elvis Presley
2	Priscilla Barnes	1955	Actress
3	Priscilla Shirer	1974	American writer
4	Priscilla Faia	1985	Canadian Actress
5	Priscilla Ahn	1984	American singer-songwriter
6	Priscilla Lane	1915	American actress
7	Priscilla Wong	1981	Hong Kong actor
8	Priscilla Pointer	1924	Actress
9	Priscilla Meirelles	1983	Brazilian model
10	Priscilla Renea	1988	American singer-songwriter
11	Priscilla Delgado	2002	Spanish actress
12	Priscilla Alcantara	1996
13	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep	1982	Athletics competitor
14	Priscilla Mitchell	1941	American musician
15	Priscilla Coolidge	1940	American recording artist
16	Priscilla Lopez	1948	Merican actor, singer and dancer
17	Priscilla Alden		Mayflower passenger and New World colonist
18	Pica Priscilla	1988
19	Priscilla Cooper Tyler	1816	First Lady of The United States
20	Priscilla Telmon	1975	French explorer, photographer and television presenter
21	Priscilla Owen	1954	American judge
22	Priscilla Joyce Ford	1930	American mass murderer
23	Priscilla Morrill	1927	Actress
24	Priscilla Knetemann	1992	Dutch actress
25	Priscilla Betti	1989	French singer and actress
26	Priscilla Lawson	1914	Actress
27	Priscilla Garita	1968	American actress
28	Priscilla Shunmugam	1981	Singaporean fashion designer
29	Priscilla Morgan	1934	English actress
30	Priscilla Hon	1998	Australian tennis player
31	Priscilla Leung	1961	Hong Kong politician
32	Priscilla Duncan	1983	Association footballer
33	Priscilla Bonner	1899	Actress
34	Priscilla Dean	1896	American actress
35	Priscilla Paris	1945	American musician
36	Priscilla Duffield	1918	Secretary
37	Gwen Priscilla	1990
38	Priscilla Campos	1991	Brazilian actress
39	Priscilla Rattazzi	1956	American photographer
40	Priscilla Cohn		American philosopher
41	Priscilla Nedd-Friendly	1955	American film editor
42	Priscilla Welch	1944	British marathon runner
43	Priscilla Weems	1972	American actress
44	Priscilla Horton	1818	British actress
45	Priscilla Frederick	1989	Antiguan athletics competitor
46	Priscilla Rozenbaum	1960	Brazilian actress
47	Priscilla Hastings	1920	British racehorse owner
48	Priscilla Hill	1961	Figure skater
49	Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir	1915	British politician
50	Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby	1761	English Baroness
51	Unique Priscilla	1970	Indonesian actor
52	Priscilla White	1900	American diabetologist
53	Priscilla Kincaid-Smith	1926	South African-born Australian physician and medical researcher
54	Priscilla Gneto	1991	French judoka
55	Priscilla Wakefield	1751	English writer
56	Priscilla Studd		Protestant Christian missionary and wife of Charles Studd
57	Priscilla Buckley	1921	American writer
58	Priscilla Herdman	1948	American musician
59	Priscilla K. Coleman		American activist and psychologist
60	Priscilla J. Smith		American lawyer
61	Priscilla Hernández	1984	Spanish singer-songwriter and fantasy illustrator
62	Priscilla Chan	1965	Hong Kong actor and singer
63	Priscilla Moran	1917	American actress
64	Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga		Minister in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe
65	Priscilla Slade		President of Texas Southern University
66	Priscilla Hojiwala		American journalist
67	Priscilla Reyntiens	1899	British politician
68	Priscilla	1990	Brazilian musician
69	Priscilla Hamby	1982	Illustrator
70	Priscilla Martel	1956	American chef
71	Priscilla Wright	1940	Canadian singer
72	Priscilla Susan Bury	1799	British botanist
73	Priscilla Bowman	1928	American singer
74	Priscilla Fane, Countess of Westmorland	1793	Artist
75	Priscilla Taylor	1949	American politician
76	Priscilla McLean	1942	American composer
77	Priscilla Fairfield Bok	1896	American astronomer
78	Priscilla Painton		American journalist
79	Priscilla Hayner		UN official
80	Priscilla Dunn	1943
81	Priscilla Nzimiro	1923
82	Priscilla de Villiers		Canadian politician
83	Priscilla Napier	1908	British writer
84	Priscilla Bright McLaren	1815	McLaren, Priscilla Bright (1815–1906), campaigner for women's rights
85	Priscilla Allen	1938	American actor and cabaret artist
86	Priscilla Ng		Hong Kong television journalist
87	Priscilla Lord		American politician
88	Priscilla Kemble	1756	English actress
89	Priscilla Carnaval	1993
90	Priscilla Mead	1944	American politician
91	Priscilla Guthrie		American government official
92	Priscilla Galloway	1930	Canadian writer
93	Priscilla Nelson		American academic administrator
94	Priscilla Beukes		Namibian politician
95	Priscilla Wald	1958	American academic
96	Priscilla Reining	1923	American anthropologist
97	Priscilla Lee Presson	1980	American actress
98	Priscilla Hannah Peckover	1833	English pacifist
99	Priscilla Martins		Beauty pageant winner
100	Priscilla A. Clapp	1941	American diplomat
101	Priscilla Coleman		Courtroom artist
102	Priscilla Gilman
103	Priscilla Marchal	1991	French handball player
104	Priscilla Mamba	1972	Swazi distance runner
105	Priscilla Mesker	1992	Dutch football player
106	Priscilla Settee		Cree activist for Native rights
107	Priscilla Paetsch	1931	American violinist
108	Priscilla Del Prete	1987	Italian association football player
109	Priscilla Levac		Canadian snowboarder
110	Priscilla Lun	1990	Badminton player
111	Priscilla Brasil	1978
112	Priscilla Ruddle	1976	Australian volleyball player
113	Priscilla Moreno	1979
114	Priscilla Maaswinkel	1985	Dutch tin-pin bowler
115	Priscilla Freeman Jacobs
116	Priscilla Hussey	1894
117	Priscilla de Vos	1987	Dutch football player
118	Priscilla Durand	1990	Brazilian model
119	Priscilla Büchele	1991	Dutch singer
120	Priscila Riker
121	Priscilla Monge	1968
122	Priscilla Sutton	1979
123	Priscilla Baird	1828
124	Priscilla Jane	1980	American pornographic actress
125	Claudia Priscilla	1972
126	Priscilla Tuft
127	Priscilla Roberts	1916	American painter
128	Fla Priscilla	1976
129	Priscilla Jane Owens	1829
130	Priscilla van Schuilenburg	1985	Dutch football player
131	Priscilla Collins
132	Priscilla Mensah	1974
133	Priscilla Buxton	1808	Buxton [married name Johnston], Priscilla (1808–1852), slavery abolitionist
134	Priscilla Tan Hui Yee	1993
135	Priscilla B. Anderson