Prophet Family History
Prophet Name Meaning
Scottish English and German: nickname from Middle English and Old French prophete Middle High German prophēt ‘prophet seer’ ultimately from Greek prophētēs ‘predictor’ from pro ‘before’ + a derivative of phēmi ‘to speak’. In North America this surname name may have absorbed some cases of the Greek cognate Profitis.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022