Save Type Surname (from occupation) Usage English Pronounced Pron. PRIE-ər [key·IPA] Meaning & History Occupational surname for a prior (a high-ranking official in a monastery), ultimately from Latin prior meaning "superior, first".
Save Type Surname (from occupation) Usage Irish Meaning & History Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac an Phríora meaning "son of the prior".
indicate the level to which a name has been verified.