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Name Prophet
Type Surname (from nickname)
Scripts Προφήτης (Greek)
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Meaning & History
Scottish, English, French, and German: nickname from Middle English and Old French prophete, Middle High German prophet ‘prophet’, ‘seer’, ultimately from Greek prophetes ‘predictor’, from pro ‘before’ + a derivative of phemi ‘to speak’.
As an American family name, this name has absorbed some cases of Greek Profitis and Profitidis.
As an American family name, this name has absorbed some cases of Greek Profitis and Profitidis.