Given name & surname
Prentis
“a student; an apprentice”
Prentis is a variant of Prentice. One English interpretation is “a student; an apprentice.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Prentis is a variant of Prentice. One English interpretation is “a student; an apprentice.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Prentis is a variant of Prentice. An origin associated with Prentice is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Prentis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,260
- 1,260 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 27 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 27 in 1942. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 551 as a first name in 2020; 231 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.
Prentis’s family of names
Prentis has a related form in Prentice. In Greek usage, Prentis as a surname is a transliteration of Πρέντης.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Prentis
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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