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Terrance
Say it: TAIR-ents
Meaning
A spelling of Terence, from the Roman family name Terentius, of unknown origin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
An American spelling popular in the 1960s and 1970s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1970s
In the United States
- 70,118 babies given this name since 1895
- At its height in 1979, about 1 in 1,300 boys
- 223 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Terrence, Terence
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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