Prissy
Latin, diminutive of Prisca
"ancient"
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Updated Wed May 20 2026
Prissy Origin and Meaning
Variation of Priscilla
Famous People Named Prissy
- Mary Priscilla "Prissy" HickersonAmerican politician
- Miss Prissy (born Marquisa Gardner)American krump dancer
The name Prissy in Pop Culture
- PrissyScarlett's maid in "Gone with the Wind"
- Prissy Andrewscharacter in "Anne of Green Gables"
- Miss Prissyhen in Looney Tunes cartoons
- Prissy Pollycharacter in the "Horrid Henry" series by Francesca Simon
- "Prissy Prissy" song by Loverboy
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