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Help[Opinions] Pryor
I find it odd that this name isn't in this database (actually, not so much, this is a fairly common occurrence). What are your opinions of this name? It is derived from Latin and means "monastic leader."
Personally, I'd give it an 8 or a 9. In my lineage, my ancestor (c. 1700) Basil has a son listed in the records as "Peter or Pryor(?)."
Pryor Benjamin
Pryor Lewis
Pryor Jacob
Pryor Samuel
Personally, I'd give it an 8 or a 9. In my lineage, my ancestor (c. 1700) Basil has a son listed in the records as "Peter or Pryor(?)."
Pryor Benjamin
Pryor Lewis
Pryor Jacob
Pryor Samuel
This message was edited 9/13/2009, 1:57 PM
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Pryor has quite a long history of use as a first name in the UK. It sounds okay to me, but I'm finding it quite hard to put with a middle name because then it sounds like a title.
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I like it, I think. I wouldn't use it because I have a character (female) named Priory... but it would be cool to see on a person.
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Prior to hearing about Richard Pryor, I'd say this couldn't be a name. To me, it sounds like you're honoring the comedian or using a kre8iv spelling to a non name word.
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But it is none of those things--you have just likely never encountered it as a given name. I have a Pryor in my family tree, and also it is the main protagonist in the Angels in America series, Pryor Walter.
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I have generally only seen Pryor as a surname. I'm not particularly fond of the sound and I find it a bit like using Priest or Bishop as a first name.
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I think it is definitely cool, but one of those names that will never be spelled correctly (I see it being written as "prior" an awful lot) and also one that will need an explaination quite often as to what it means, why he received it, etc. Which isn't bad, but might be tiresome.
I am a little surprised you are fond of it- it seems like a very modern, unconventional name compared to what you usually favour. But I certainly see a dark Puritan influence in it, which I enjoy :)
I am a little surprised you are fond of it- it seems like a very modern, unconventional name compared to what you usually favour. But I certainly see a dark Puritan influence in it, which I enjoy :)
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Its a name of a school near where I live, so thats all that comes to my mind. I do think it would be a cool name though.
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