Prentice
Meaning
“An English occupational surname for an apprentice, from Old French aprentis, learner, ultimately Latin apprehendere, to grasp.”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Prentice has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
57 people · the #60,880 first name in Brazil · median age 61
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Prentice
People given the name Prentice in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1950 to 1999. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Prentice deep dive
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