Terence
See also: Térence
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From Latin Terentius, a Roman family name of obscure origin, borne by a Roman playwright and by early Christian saints.
- In Ireland, it has been used to represent Turlough.
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Terence
- A male given name from Latin. Popular in the U.K. in the mid-twentieth century.
- 1867, Bret Harte, chapter I, in Terence Denville:
- "Very likely the ragged scion of one of those Irish gentry, who has taken naturally to 'the road'. He should be at school - though I warrant me his knowledge of Terence will not extend beyond his own name," said Lord Henry Somerset, aid-de-camp to the Lord Lieutenant.
- 1963, Jane McIlvaine, Cammie's Cousin, Bobbs-Merrill, page 58:
- They had an expensive, well-cut air which was like a uniform, and their conversation was all about people with names like Terence and Geoffrey, Philippa and Vivien, who lived in London and County Wicklow and who were "terribly amusing".
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male given name
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Etymology edit
From English Terrence, from Latin.
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Terence
- a male given name from English [in turn from Latin]