75%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English Pronounced Pron. PREHS-tən [key·IPA] Meaning & History From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "priest town" (Old English preost and tun). PopularityDetails Last ranked #436 in 2020 England and Wales Last ranked #241 in 2021 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class wholesome strong refined strange serious nerdy Categories A Song of Ice and Fire characters, Desperate Housewives characters, directors, Discworld characters, Disney characters, Frasier characters, Gravity Falls characters, never out of the US top 1000, Power Rangers characters, surnames, The Nanny characters