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Prey

Feminine
Rare

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish (County Down) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Préith, from an ancient personal name of unknown etymology.
  • French : variant of Pree.
  • German (Austrian) : metonymic occupational name for a brewer, from preu, breu ‘brew’. Compare Preyer.

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