Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Altered form of English Pres(t)bury from any of various places called Presbury (Devon) or Prestbury (Cheshire, Gloucestershire), all named in Old English as ‘the manor house (burh) of the priests’.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe