The pries Surname
pries Name Meaning and History
- habitational name from places such as Priesen or Priessen in eastern Germany, probably named with the Slavic topographic element bris- ‘birch’.
- perhaps a nickname from Middle High German prise ‘praiseworthy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| John H P Pries - Australia |
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| Pries family of Buffalo, NY | Ed Browder | 10 |
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| MARIA PRIES 1857-1902 |
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| Pries Family in Illinois |
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| Emil Pries from Forest Park, IL. |
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| pries | karl pries | 1 |
| Friedrich Pries from Posien, Mecklenburg, Germany |
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