Given name & surname
Ponce
“the fifth-born child”
Ponce is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “the fifth-born child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “the fifth-born child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Ponce as a surname developed from Pontius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ponce through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 140
- 140 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 297 as a first name in 2020; 48,830 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ponce’s family of names
In French usage, Ponce as a surname has an affectionate form in PONCELET. In Spanish usage, Ponce as a surname developed from the Latin form Pontius. In French usage, Ponce has a related form in Pons.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ponce
- Ponce Denis Écouchard LebrunFrench lyric poet1729–1807
- EbontiusRoman Catholic bishop of Roda-Barbastro and saint (1097-1104)1050–1104
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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