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What does Terence mean?
Terence 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced TARE-ence. It is of Latin origin. From Terentius. The name of one of the two great comic poets of ancient Rome, along with Plautus. Terence was famous for the wit and sophistication of his plays. Actor Terence Stamp; playwright Terence McNally; priest Terence Cardinal Cooke.
ASSOCIATED WITH great, ancient (old), famous, plays (literary), priest (monk)
Variations
VARIANTS Tarrants, Tarrance, Tarrence, Tarrenz, Terencio, Terrance▼, Terrence▼, Terrey, Terri, Terris, Terrious, Terrius, Terron, Terronce, Terry▼
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Terence Jakari (T.J.), ..
How popular is Terence?
Terence is a very popular first name for males (#449 out of 1220, Top 37%) but a rare last name for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Terence reached its highest rank of #278 in the U.S. during the years 1960-1969, but is not in the Top 1000 at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Tarrance, Terrance (#810 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Terrence (#955), Terri, Terron and Terry (#757) are the popular varying forms of Terence listed in the Top 2000. These relations of Terence reached the peak of their popularity during 1950-1959 (ADOPTION OF 0.84%) and are now significantly less common (ADOPTION 0.04%, ▼94.7%), with versions such as Terrence becoming less in vogue.
Similar Names
Terence▼ is pronounced similarly to Torence, Torrance and Torrence. Other recommended sound-alike names are Clarence▼, Darence, Darrence, Deroyce, Derrance, Ferenc, Ferench (see Ferenc), Larance, Larrence, Laurence▼, Lawrence▼, Lorance, Lorence, Lorrence, Maxence, Merce, Peerce, Perce, Prince▲, Reece, Spence, Taren, Teeno, Temeni (see Temani), Terach, Teran, Terell, Tern, Teron, Terrelle, Terrie, Teryn, Teven, Tirone, Toren, Trace, Treacy, Trent▼, Trenten, Tyree▼, Tyrelle, Tyrone▼ and Tyronne. These names tend to be less commonly used than Terence.
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