Prior Forename

725,185th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Tuvalu

Prior Forename Definition:

A Latin name, meaning: A superior officer in an abbey.

Prior Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
781:4,647,91059,493
Trinidad and Tobago
62%
 
161:85,0896,268
Denmark-101:564,9508,399
Russia
100%
71:20,604,81559,831
England
100%
61:9,267,15467,986
South Africa
100%
61:9,088,775152,087
Nigeria
100%
61:29,594,060217,150
Thailand
100%
41:17,516,453200,944
Italy
91%
 
41:15,265,52238,916
Australia-31:4,552,54130,048
Taiwan
100%
31:7,923,22799,341
Zimbabwe
50%
 
21:7,711,90884,647
Uganda
50%
 
21:20,478,46091,660
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
India
100%
11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
France-11:66,470,34085,030
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Tuvalu-11:11,13189
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892
Wales-11:3,094,30916,222
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290

Prior (41,306) may also be a surname.

Prior Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Latin name, meaning: A superior officer in an abbey.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Prior Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Priore9159/
Praior911/
Prir8923/
Pryor80385/
Proir8051/
Priar8046/
Phrir8033/
Prair8015/
Prier8015/
Pritr806/
Prrir801/
Projr801/
Prirt801/
Prire801/
Prjor801/
Phriar7343/
Prihar7313/
Phrier738/
Preyor736/
Prayor735/
Praire734/
Prirth733/
Priart732/
Preire732/
Prijar732/
Prirre731/
Prrirt731/
Prer6720/
Pryr675/
Pawarir671/
Piriria671/
Priroah671/
Prrr671/
Prjr671/
Praisrt671/
Preyiar671/
Prayiar671/
Prert601/

Prior Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prior in the Russian language
Приорprior-

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Prior