Where does “Pryor” come from?

Pryor is an English surname derived from Middle English prior, denoting someone who held the office of prior in a monastery.

Pryor (English): Oklahoma, introduced by the U.S. Post Office

Definitions

  1. Oklahoma, introduced by the U.S. Post Office

Ancestry of “Pryor”, step by step

Pryor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English Prior

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishPrior—
2Middle Englishpriourprior
3Old Englishprior—

via Middle English Priur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishPriur—
Every word from Old English prior →Every word from Middle English priour →Every word from Middle English Prior →