as a First Name
From the Latin name Terentius, which is of uncertain origin. It was borne by the Roman playwright Marcus Terentius Afer (who was a former slave, and took his name from his master, Publius Terentius Lucanus), and later by various minor early Christian saints. As a modern given name it is a ‘learned’ back-formation from the supposed pet form Terry. It has become common in Ireland through being used as an Anglicized form of Toirdhealbhach.
| 1,073rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 24,996
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 29,245
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Terence per capita
- 1964
- marked the height of its popularity
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