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Tarence
How to Pronounce Tarence
Pronounced TAIR-uhnss /ˈtɛrəns/Medium
Meaning: Tarence respells Terrence with an a; the parent comes from Terentius, an old Roman family name of uncertain meaning borne by the playwright Terence, so this spelling carries no separate sense.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Tarence shadowed a steadier name. As Terrence and Terrance held their place through the twentieth century, this a-spelling took a small share and reached its slim high around 1985.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at most, and it thinned out by the twenty-tens. A boy named Tarence at that peak would be about forty today. The spelling reads as a variant of Terrence.
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What does the name Tarence mean?
It appears to be a respelling of Terrence, from the Roman family name Terentius.
How do you pronounce Tarence?
It is said TAIR-uhnss /ˈtɛrəns/, two syllables with the stress on the first.
Is Tarence a boy or girl name?
Tarence is recorded as a boy's name, shadowing Terrence.
How popular is Tarence?
It has always been very rare, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at its brief peak in the mid nineteen-eighties.