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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Prentiss

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Scholar

Pronunciation

p-renti-ss, pr(en)-tiss

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1943 (rank #980, 47 births); most recent 2024 (rank #9864, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #10399, 10 births); most recent 2018 (rank #15678, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025––
20247–
20236–
2022––
20219–
2020––
20198–
201895
20178–
20169–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #3651, 6 births); most recent 2017 (rank #4644, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20174
2016–
20156
20143

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence