Prentiss

Where Prentiss comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Prentiss.

Prentiss through the years
  1. 1764
    Prentiss Mellen born
    American judge
  2. 1887
    Debut at its peak, #921
    #921 among boys with 5 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1889
    Prentiss M. Brown born
    American politician
  5. 2013
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Prentiss M. Brown · American politician, 1889–1973
  • Prentiss Mellen · American judge, 1764–1840
  • Prentiss Walker · Mississippi farmer and congressman, 1917–1998
  • Prentiss Hubb · American basketball player, born 1999
  • Prentiss Ingraham · Author, Confederate Army soldier, 1843–1904

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.