Priscilla Alden, from a painting by George H. Boughton.
Gender
Female
Origin
Word/name
Roman
Meaning
venerable, ancient, classical, primordial[1]
Other names
Related names
Prisca
Priscilla is an English female given name adopted from Latin Prisca, derived from priscus. There is a theory that this biblical character was the author of the Letter to the Hebrews.
The name first appears in the New Testament either as Priscilla or Prisca, a female leader in early Christianity.[2][3] The name also appears along with Maximilla, referring to two female leaders of the Montanist movement of the 2nd century AD.
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.
It increased in usage in the United States in the 1930s due to the influence of actress Priscilla Lane and again in the late 1970s and early 1980s due to the influence of actress Priscilla Presley.[4]
Notable people and characters with the name include:
^Harper, Douglas (November 2001). "Priscilla". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2006-08-10.
^Alexander, Joseph Addison (1857). The Acts of the Apostles explained, volume II. London: Nisbet.
^Lee, Frank Theodosius (1913). The New Testament Period and Its Leaders. Sherman, French & Company. p. 323. A large share of this work evidently fell to Priscilla. That she possessed abilities of a high order would seem to be inferred from the fact that her name is always mentioned along with her husband's — in a number of instances is mentioned first.
^ Evans, Cleveland Kent (5 November 2023). "Cleveland Evans: Will Sofia Coppola's "Priscilla" give rise to ancient name?". omaha.com. Omaha World Herald. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
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