Preslee

Preslee: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“priest's meadow”
Origin
Old English
Say it
PREZ-lee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (98% of all uses)

Variant spelling of Presley, originally an English surname from Old English elements meaning 'priest' and 'woodland clearing/meadow'. The -lee ending is a modern respelling.

How popular is Preslee?

202434.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Preslee in 2024112

2024 rank#1,795 girls

Peak year2014

Total US babies since 18803,637

Preslee has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Preslee

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Presleypriest's meadow · Old English
  • Audreynoble strength · Old English
  • Ashleyash tree clearing · Old English
  • Hadleyheather field · Old English
  • Blakelydark wood or clearing · Old English
  • KimberlyCyneburg's meadow · Old English
  • Marleypleasant wood · Old English
  • Harlowrock hill · Old English

Preslee questions

What does the name Preslee mean?

Preslee means "priest's meadow". It comes from Old English. Variant spelling of Presley, originally an English surname from Old English elements meaning 'priest' and 'woodland clearing/meadow'. The -lee ending is a modern respelling.

Is Preslee a boy or girl name?

Preslee is mainly a girl's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Preslee?

112 US babies were named Preslee in 2024. Its peak year was 2014.

How do you pronounce Preslee?

Preslee is usually pronounced PREZ-lee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.