Priscilla (first name)
Priscilla is a feminine given name .
Origin and meaning
The first name Priscilla is a nickname of the given name Prisca , the feminine form of the Latin name Priscus , and means "the venerable one".
name day
The name days of Priscilla are January 16 and July 8.
Well-known namesake
- Priscilla and Aquila , biblical missionary
- Prisca of Rome (also Priscilla ), legendary Christian martyr and saint
Modern times
- Priscilla Ahn (* 1984), American singer and songwriter
- Priscilla Barnes (born 1958), American actress
- Priscilla Betti (* 1989), French singer
- Priscilla Susan Bury (1799–1872), British botanical illustrator
- Priscilla Chan (* 1985), American pediatrician and patron, wife of Mark Zuckerberg
- Priscilla Coolidge (1940 / 1941-2014), American pop musician of Native American descent (Cherokee)
- Priscilla Frederick (* 1989), Antiguan high jumper
- Priscilla Gneto (* 1991), French judoka
- Priscilla Hon (* 1998), Australian tennis player
- Priscilla Lane (1915–1995), American actress
- Priscilla Lawson (1914–1958), American actress
- Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (* 1982), Canadian hurdler
- Priscilla Morgan (born 1934), British actress
- Priscilla Nedd-Friendly (* 1955), American film editor
- Priscilla Pointer (born 1924), American actress
- Priscilla Presley (* 1945), wife of Elvis Presley
- Priscilla Wakefield (1751-1832) British feminist
- Priscilla Welch (born 1944), British marathon runner
- Priscilla White (1900-1989), American diabetologist