Presley

English
"priest's meadow"

Presley Origin and Meaning

The name Presley is a boy's name of English origin meaning "priest's meadow".

More universal than Elvis...and more conventionally attractive, too. Cindy Crawford used it for her son, though it's on the rise mainly for girls. The last time Presley ranked in the Top 1000 for boys was 1903, 120 years ago. Today, it's used for girls 14 times as often as for boys, mainly because of the -ley ending.

# 832 in the US

Presley Rank in US Top 1000

# 2042 on Nameberry

Presley Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Presley Popularity

Famous People Named Presley

  • Presley Walker Gerber
    American photographer and model, son of supermodel Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber
  • Presley Chweneyagae
    South African actor
  • Presley Neville O'Bannon
    American Marine war hero
  • Presley Spruance
    U.S. Senator from Delaware
  • Presley Marion Rixey
    U.S. surgeon general
  • Presley Thornton Glass
    U.S. Congressman from Tennessee
  • Presley Massara
    Australian actor
  • Presley Carson Wood
    Honduran footballer
  • Presley Norton Yoder
    Ecuadorian archaeologist
  • Elvis Aron Presley
    American rock singer/actor

Presley in Pop Culture

  • Presley Dean
    character on British soap "Hollyoaks"