Terrence
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning soft, tender; a form of Terence.
How Terrence has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #819 |
| 2016 | #835 |
| 2017 | #842 |
| 2018 | #961 |
Terrence by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Terrence. In the US, 261 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,503 babies in 1955, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Terrence. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Terranceearth, smooth; variant of Terrence300 in the US (2017)
- Terencesmooth tender; from teres or terens22 in England and Wales (2025)
- Torrencefrom the city of taurinum in italy35 in the US (2017)
- Torrancefrom the town of Torrance; rocky hills51 in the US (2017)
- Terancesmooth, polished; a form of Terrence9 in the US (2017)
- Tarrancefrom terentia; earthy or smooth6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Terrence, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Terrence
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