Prissy
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Diminutive of PRISCILLA.
 | PRISCILLA female English, French, Italian, Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin, Biblical Roman name, a diminutive of PRISCA. In Acts in the New Testament Paul lived with Priscilla and her husband Aquila in Corinth for a while. It has been used as an English given name since the Protestant Reformation, being popular with the Puritans. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow used it in his poem 'The Courtship of Miles Standish' (1858). | |||||||||||||||||||
| PRISCA female Biblical, Dutch, Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin Feminine form of Priscus, a Roman family name which meant "ancient" in Latin. This name appears in the epistles in the New Testament, referring to Priscilla the wife of Aquila. | |||||||||||||||||||
| FULL FORMS |
| ENGLISH: Priscilla |
| EQUIVALENTS |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Prisca, Priscilla |
| BIBLICAL GREEK: Priska, Priskilla |
| BIBLICAL LATIN: Prisca, Priscilla |
| BIBLICAL: Prisca, Priscilla |
| DUTCH: Prisca |
| ENGLISH: Cece, Cissy, Pris, Sissie, Sissy |
| FRENCH: Priscilla |
| GERMAN: Priska |
| ITALIAN: Priscilla, Scilla |
| PORTUGUESE: Priscila |
| SPANISH: Priscila |
| MASCULINE FORMS |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Priscus |