Preslar Family Crest & Name History

Search old registers for Preslar and you will soon meet Presley too. Name scholars give the meaning as “priest's clearing”.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Presley and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

A variant of Presley

Preslar is listed among the recognised spellings of Presley. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: Presly and Pressley.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Preslar with 1,228 bearers, at rank 21,330. Get the complete Preslar report, with a museum-style coat of arms.