Priscilla
| Prisca, Priscilla | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Roman |
| Meaning | venerable, ancient, classical, primordial [1] |
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.[2][3] 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
See also
- List of biblical names
- Prisilla Rivera (born 1984), volleyball player from the Dominican Republic
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, a 1994 Australian film of two drag queens and a transgender woman's journey across the Outback
- Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France, a book by Nicholas Shakespeare published in 2013
References
- ↑ 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.
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