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Preslea

Gender
Girl
Say it
PREZ-lee
Origin
English

Preslea is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “priest's clearing”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Preslea mean?

English: respelling of Presley, Old English preost 'priest' + leah 'clearing'

“priest's clearing”

Presley is an English surname meaning priest's clearing, borne by the singer Elvis Presley.

Is Preslea a girl's or a boy's name?

Preslea is a girls' name.

How popular is Preslea in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.

Half of all the girls named Preslea in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

2004Busiest: 16 in 20092016
Preslea in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20165#16,210
20157#13,001
20140–
20139#10,995
201212#9,105
20119#11,175
20109#11,240
200916#7,676
20086#15,399
20078#12,671
200611#9,897
200510#10,123
20045#16,092

Names like Preslea

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Preslea

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Preslea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/preslea, updated 20 October 2026.