Terence

Alternative forms

• Terrance
• Terrence
• Terance

Origin

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.

Full definition of Terence

Proper noun

1. . Popular in the U.K. in the mid-twentieth century.
• 1867 Bret Harte, : 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.
• 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".