Preston

English
"priest's estate"

Preston Origin and Meaning

The name Preston is a boy's name of English origin meaning "priest's estate".

Britney Spears put this old-fashioned surname name back on the map when she chose it as her son Sean's middle name, which the family uses as his first.

One of the most popular names of its genre, it's been heard on such TV shows as Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy and The Wire. The most memorable bearer of the name is probably Preston Sturges (born Edmund), one of the leading screwball comedy writer/directors of Hollywood's Golden Age.

# 275 in the US

Preston Rank in US Top 1000

# 492 on Nameberry

Preston Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Preston Popularity

Famous People Named Preston

  • Preston Sturges (born Edmund Preston Biden)
    American playwright and director
  • Preston Smith Brooks
    American Congressman from South Carolina
  • (Ernest) Preston Manning
    Canadian MP and Leader of the Opposition
  • Preston Brust
    American country music singer of band LoCash
  • Preston Reed
    American guitarist
  • Preston Lacy
    American stunt performer and TV personality ("Jackass")
  • Preston Thomas Tucker
    American automaker
  • Preston Blaine Arsement
    American YouTuber
  • Preston Joe Abbott Nyman
    English actor
  • Reginald Herbert "Preston" Lockwood
    English actor
  • Preston Pippen
    son of American basketballer Scottie Pippen
  • Preston Michael Schwig (b. 2010)
    son of Kayla Jackson and Michael Schwig
  • Jeffrey Preston "Jeff" Bezos
    founder and CEO of Amazon.com
  • Leon Preston Robinson IV
    American actor
  • Sean Preston Federline
    son of singer Britney Spears and Kevin Federline

Preston in Pop Culture

  • Preston Xavier Burke
    character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
  • Preston Meyers
    main character in film "Can't Hardly Wait"
  • Preston
    character from the movie "Super 8"
  • Preston Scavo
    character on TV's "Desperate Housewives"
  • Preston
    character in film "She's All That"
  • Preston
    city in Lancashire, UK
  • Preston Garvey
    a character and companion in the video game "Fallout 4"
  • Preston Goodplay
    character in the Rooster Teeth animated series "Camp Camp"