Priscilla

Prisca, Priscilla
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Roman
Meaning	venerable, ancient, classical, primordial[1]

Priscilla is an English female given name adopted from Latin Prisca, derived from priscus. One suggestion is that it is intended to bestow long life on the bearer.

The name first appears in the New Testament of Christianity variously as Priscilla and Prisca, a female leader in early Christianity.[2][3]

The name also appears along with Maximilla, as female leaders in the Montanist controversy of the 2nd century AD.

The name appears in English literature in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1596) and was adopted as an English name by the Puritans in the 17th century.

Priscilla may refer to:

People

Priscilla, an early Christian of the New Testament and companion to Paul the Apostle
Priscilla and Maximilla, charismatic prophets of the 2nd century Montanist movement.
Priscilla (Brazilian singer) (born 1990), Brazilian singer and songwriter
Priscilla Betti (born 1989), French singer and actress
Priscilla Ahn, American singer
Priscilla Alden (c. 1602-c. c. 1680), member of Massachusetts Bay Colony, wife of John Alden
Priscilla Barnes (born 1954), American actress
Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (1761–1828)
Priscilla Braislin (1838–1888), American mathematician
Priscilla Chan Wai-Han (born 1965), singer from Hong Kong
Priscilla Chan (philanthropist) (born 1985), philanthropist and wife of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Priscilla Dean (1896-1987), American actress
Priscilla Diaz (MISSPSTAR/P-Star) (born 1994), American rapper, singer and actress
Priscilla Hill (born 1960), American retired figure skater
Priscilla Horton (1818–1895), English singer and actress
Priscilla Kemble (1756–1845), English actress
Priscilla Lane (1915–1995), of the singing Lane Sisters
Priscilla Leung (born 1961), Hong Kong legislator, barrister and associate professor
Priscilla Lopez (born 1948), American singer, dancer and actress
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (born 1982), Canadian track and field hurdler
Priscilla Martel (born 1956), American chef, food writer and consultant
Priscilla Nzimiro (born 1923), physician from Nigeria
Priscilla Owen (born 1954), United States federal judge for the Fifth Circuit
Priscilla Pitts, New Zealand writer and art curator
Priscilla Pointer (born 1924), American actress and mother of actress Amy Irving
Priscilla Presley (born 1945), American actress and businesswoman and ex-wife of Elvis Presley
Priscilla Cooper Tyler (1816–1889), former acting First Lady of the United States, daughter-in-law of President John Tyler
Priscilla J. Smith, American lawyer and activist
Priscilla Wakefield (1751–1832), English Quaker educational writer and philanthropist
Priscilla Welch (born 1944), British marathon runner
Priscilla Maria Veronica White (Cilla Black), (1943-2015), English singer, television presenter, actress and author
Priscilla Morgan (born 1934), British actress
Priscilla Shirer, (born 1974), American author, motivational speaker, actress, Christian evangelist
Priscilla Wong, (born 1981), Hong Kong television actress and host
Priscilla Meirelles, (born 1983), Brazilian model, host, actress, environmentalist, and beauty queen
Priscilla Garita, (born 1968), American actress
Priscilla Taylor, American model and actress
Prisilla Rivera (born 1984), volleyball player from the Dominican Republic

Fictional characters

Priscilla Barielle, one of the five candidates to be the next queen of the Dragonfriend Kingdom of Lugnica, from the 2012 novel series Re:Zero
Priscilla "Pris" Stratton, a replicant character from the 1982 film Blade Runner
Priscilla, character from the film 1981 miniseries Peter and Paul
Priscilla, a sweet cactus mouse or aye-aye in the 2011 computer-animated action comedy film Rango
Priscilla Mullins, a main character in the 1979 film Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
Priscilla White, the main character in the 2009 comedy film American Virgin
Priscilla, character in the 2008 martial arts film Chocolate
Priscilla Stasna, a main character in the American sitcom The King of Queens (1998-2007)
Priscilla, character in the 1993 film Bank Robber
Priscilla Kitaen, real name of Voodoo, a comic book character appearing in Wildstorm and DC Comics.
Priscilla Lapham, a main character in the 1957 film Johnny Tremain
Priscilla Pig, Bob Cratchit's father in the 2006 animated comedy film Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas
Constable Priscilla Smith 'Smithy', a main character in the 2010 Australian television police drama Cops L.A.C.
Priscilla Maine, New York society member in the 1920 silent drama film The Dark Mirror
Priscilla P, was a member of the " Happiness Patrol on Terra Alpha" in the second serial of the television series Doctor Who
Priscilla, a character in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1852 novel The Blithedale Romance
Priscilla, an antagonist in Norihiro Yagi's dark fantasy manga, Claymore (2001-2014)
Priscilla, a romantic poet and bard in an action fantasy role-playing video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Crossbreed Priscilla, a character in an action fantasy role-playing video game Dark Souls.

Prisca

Prisca (empress) (d. 315), Roman empress, wife of Diocletian and mother of Galeria Valeria
Prisca (Prophet) (late 2nd century), founding leader and prophet of Montanism
Saint Prisca (late 1st century), Roman Catholic martyr and saint

Other

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, 1994 comedy-drama film
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (musical), musical of the 1994 film with the same name
Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France, a 2013 book written by Nicholas Shakespeare

References

Harper, Douglas (November 2001). "Priscilla". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2006-08-10.
Alexander, Joseph Addison (1857). The Acts of the Apostles explained, volume II. London: Nisbet.
Lee, Frank Theodosius (1913). The New Testament Period and Its Leaders. Sherman, French & Company. p. 323. A large share of this work evidently fell to Priscilla. That she possessed abilities of a high order would seem to be inferred from the fact that her name is always mentioned along with her husband's — in a number of instances is mentioned first.

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[etymology-1] Harper, Douglas (November 2001). "Priscilla". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2006-08-10.

[2] Alexander, Joseph Addison (1857). The Acts of the Apostles explained, volume II. London: Nisbet.

[Lee1913-3] Lee, Frank Theodosius (1913). The New Testament Period and Its Leaders. Sherman, French & Company. p. 323. A large share of this work evidently fell to Priscilla. That she possessed abilities of a high order would seem to be inferred from the fact that her name is always mentioned along with her husband's — in a number of instances is mentioned first.