Presley 731768 219935044 2008-06-17T15:01:00Z DumZiBoT 6085301 robot Adding: [[it:Presley]] {{Family name | name = Presley |image= |imagesize= 200 px |caption= | pronunciation = Presley | meaning = derived from "son of John" | region = [[England|English]] | origin = Anglo-Saxon | related names = Pressly, Pressley | footnotes = <ref>[http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html 1990 Census Name Files<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> }} The [[surname]] '''Presley''' and variants '''Pressley''' and '''Pressly''' are ultimately of [[England|English]] origin. Later, the name made its way across the border to [[Scotland]] and to the [[United States]] where it came to prominence in the person of [[Elvis Presley]], the American music icon. Today Presley ranks as the 1,825 most common [[surname]] in the [[United States]]. Also: * [[Annette Presley]], New Zealand businesswoman * [[Brian Presley]], American actor * [[Gerald Presley]], Canadian bobsledder * [[Gladys Presley]], Elvis Presley's mother * [[Harold Ray Presley]], American law enforcement officer * [[Hovis Presley]], English comedian * [[Jenna Presley]], American porn star * [[Jim Presley]], American baseball player * [[Kirk Presley]], American baseball player * [[Leo Presley]], American footballer * [[Lisa Marie Presley]], Elvis Presley's daughter * [[Priscilla Presley]], Elvis Presley's wife * [[Reg Presley]], English singer/songwriter * [[Sam Davis Presley]], American sailor * [[Sharon Presley]], American activist * [[Vernon Presley]], Elvis Presley's father * [[Wayne Presley]], American ice hockey player As a first or other name: * [[James Presley Ball]], American daguerreotypist * [[Presley Chweneyagae]], South African actor * [[Presley Underwood Ewing]], American politician * [[Presley T. Glass]], American politician * [[Presley Neville O’Bannon]], American soldier * [[Presley Marion Rixey]], American physician * [[Presley Spruance]], American merchant Variants of the name: * [[Ebenezer Erskine Pressly]] * [[Jaime Pressly]], American actress. (My Name Is Earl, Joe Dirt) * [[Harold Pressley]], former American basketball player * [[Henry Roosevelt Pressley]], blues and soul instrumentalist * [[Janet Pressley]], American singer/songwriter * [[Robert Pressley]], former NASCAR driver * [[Steven Pressley]], Scottish footballer ==References== <references /> *[http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/ Presley, UK Surname distribution search (1998)] {{surname}} [[de:Presley]] [[es:Presley]] [[it:Presley]] [[pt:Presley]] [[ru:Пресли]]