Boy · Latin
Terrence
Say it: TAIR-ents
Meaning
From the Roman family name Terentius, of unknown origin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Taken in Ireland as an English equivalent of Toirdhealbhach, and popular in the US from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1970s
In the United States
- 72,267 babies given this name since 1886
- At its height in 1970, about 1 in 1,300 boys
- 170 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Terence, Terrance
| Italian | Terenzio |
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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