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Type Surname (from location)
Usage Cornish

Meaning & History

Means "person from Prideaux, earlier Pridias", Cornwall (perhaps based on Cornish prȳ "clay"). The modern Frenchified spelling is based on the idea that the name comes from French près d'eaux "near waters" or pré d'eaux "meadow of waters".
Added 10/3/2013 by babycrookston