Terence (given name)

Terence or Terrence is a male first name in the English-speaking language area.

Origin and Meaning

The name probably derives from the Gentil Omen of the Roman family from Terence, whose meaning is unknown. Furthermore, Terence is the English name of the ancient Roman writer Terence († 159/158 BC)

Short form: Terry

Bearers of the name

Terence

• Terence Conran ( born 1931 ), British designer
• Terence James Cooke (1921-1983), Archbishop of New York
• Terence Trent D' Arby (born 1962 ), stage name of U.S. singer Sananda Maitreya
• Terence Davies ( born 1945 ), British director
• Terence Fisher (1904-1980), British film director
• Terence Hill ( born 1939 ), stage name of an Italian actor and director, Mario Girotti actually
• Terence Horgan ( born 1948 ), American philosopher
• Terence McKenna (1946-2000), British ethnopharmacologist
• Terence Steven McQueen (1930-1980), birth name of actor Steve McQueen
• Terence Morgan (1921-2005), British actor
• Terry Paine ( born 1939 ), English footballer
• Terence Osborn Ranger ( born 1929 ), British historian
• Terence Rattigan (1911-1977), British dramatist
• Terence Stamp ( born 1939 ), British actor
• Terence Tao ( born 1975 ), Australian mathematician
• Terence Hanbury White (1906-1964), British writer
• Terence Wynn ( born 1946 ), British politician
• Terence Young (1915-1994), British film director, actually Shaun Terence Young

Terrence

• Terrence Bollea ( born 1953 ), birth name of American wrestler and actor Hulk Hogan
• Terrence Howard (born 1969 ), American actor
• Terrence Jennings ( born 1986 ), American Taekwondo
• Terrence Malick ( born 1943 ), American film director
• Terrence McCann (1932-2006), American wrestler
• Terrence McNally ( born 1939 ), American playwright
• Terrence E. Peabody ( b. 1939 ), businessman
• Terrence J. Sejnowski, a neuroscientist
• Terrence Trammell (born 1978 ), American track and field athlete