Terence

Alternative forms

 * Terrance
 * Terrence
 * Terance

Etymology
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.

Proper noun

 * 1) . Popular in the U.K. in the mid-twentieth century.
 * 2) * 1867 Bret Harte, Terence Denville: Chapter I:
 * "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.
 * 1) * 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".

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Irish: Turlough
 * Italian:


 * Latin: Terentius
 * Portuguese: Terêncio
 * Russian: Терентий

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