Terence
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning smooth tender; from teres or terens.
Terence by the numbers
In 2025, 22 babies in England and Wales were named Terence. In the US, 80 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 1,015 babies in 1964, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Terence. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Terrencesoft, tender; a form of Terence261 in the US (2017)
- Terancesmooth, polished; a form of Terrence9 in the US (2017)
- Torencefrom the torrent; variant of Torrance5 in the US (2017)
- Terranceearth, smooth; variant of Terrence300 in the US (2017)
- Torrencefrom the city of taurinum in italy35 in the US (2017)
- Tyreece14 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Terence, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Terence
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