Presten
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning priest settlement; a form of Preston.
Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Presten by the numbers
Presten was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 42 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Presten. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Presten, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Presten
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