📖 About Pris
Pris is a diminutive of Priscilla, tracing back to the Latin Prisca meaning 'ancient' or 'venerable.' The name has early Christian roots through Priscilla, a New Testament figure and one of the first named women in Christian leadership. As a standalone name, Pris is rare and intimate — carrying a quietly vintage charm — and gained wider pop-culture recognition through Daryl Hannah's replicant character in Blade Runner (1982).
📍 Details
- OriginLatin
- Gender♀ Female
- MeaningVariant of Priscilla. Ancient, venerable
🔀 Variants & Related Names
⭐ Famous People
- Pris (Blade Runner character) — Fictional replicant character played by Daryl Hannah in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982), one of the most iconic science-fiction films ever made.
- Priscilla of Rome (Prisca) — New Testament figure and early Christian leader; together with her husband Aquila she was a missionary companion of Paul and hosted one of the first house churches.
- Priscilla Presley — American actress and businesswoman, former wife of Elvis Presley and co-executor of his estate; widely known simply as Priscilla or 'Cilla.
- Priscilla Chan — American paediatrician and philanthropist, co-founder of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative alongside her husband Mark Zuckerberg; often called Priscilla or Pris by close friends.