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In the world, Pryor (Prior
, Pryor
, بريور) is a rare largely masculine, but seldom feminine forename. The given name Pryor is characteristic of the United States, where it is a very rare principally male, but very infrequently female name, Italy, where it is a very rare male name, and the United Kingdom, where it is a very rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, China, and Italy. Predominantly, Pryor is the last name as well as the forename.
Pryor is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Prior of Milan , the operatic character in the opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata by Giuseppe Verdi and Prior , the operatic character in the opera Le jongleur de Notre-Dame by Jules Massenet.