Girl · Old English
Presley
Say it: PREZ-lee
Meaning
From an English surname, a variant of Priestley, from Old English preost 'priest' and leah 'clearing'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Associated with Elvis Presley, it became a girls' name in the US in the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 29,182 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2014, about 1 in 1,000 girls
- 1,451 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Presleigh
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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