 It is also possible that Priddy was derived from the personal name Predyr or Peredur (perhaps from Old Welsh "peri" ‘spears’ + "dur" ‘hard’, ‘steel’), which was borne, in Arthurian legend, by one of the knights of the Round Table.The name may have been derived from occupational trade, from the Welsh "prydydd", meaning "bard".The name also may have come from those who simply lived in Priddy in Somerset, derived probably from the Celtic words meaning "earth house".