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Detrice
How to Pronounce Detrice
Pronounced duh-TREES /dəˈtriːs/Medium
Meaning: Detrice pairs the productive De- prefix with the -trice ending of Beatrice and Latrice. It is a sound-driven mid-century coinage; where a real root shows through, it is the -trice of Beatrice, from Latin for 'she who brings happiness.'Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Detrice is a modern coinage that joins the De- prefix to the -trice ending shared by Beatrice and Latrice. Its nearest inherited element is the -trice of Beatrice, from Latin for one who brings joy; Detrice itself is best read as a rhythmic, invented name of its era.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its mid-1970s peak and gone by the late 1980s. A Detrice from that time is in her early fifties now; it reads as a 1970s coinage rather than a name on today's revival lists.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Detrice mean?
It is a coinage from the De- prefix and a -trice ending, as in Beatrice and Latrice.
How do you pronounce Detrice?
It's said duh-TREES /dəˈtriːs/, two syllables, stress on the second.
Is Detrice a boy or girl name?
Detrice is used as a girl's name.
Is Detrice a popular name?
No, it stayed rare, a coined name seen mostly in the mid-nineteen-seventies.