Terrance

Where Terrance comes from

The dictionaries list Terrance as a given name — a male given name from Latin, variant of Terence — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1895
    First appearance
    #1,079 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Terrance Cauthen born
    American boxer
  3. 1976
    Terrance Drew born
    4th Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  4. 1980
    Peak, #179
    1,379 babies named Terrance — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1998
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #374.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin, variant of Terence.
Namesakes
  • Terrance Drew · 4th Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, born 1976
  • Terrance Cauthen · American boxer, born 1976
  • Terrance Zdunich · American actor, producer, artist, author, and composer, born 1976
  • Terrance Ferguson · American basketball player, born 1998
  • Terrance Dicks · English writer, 1935–2019

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.