Given name & surname
Prins
Prins is a surname from Dutch. It is used in English, Portuguese, and Dutch.
Meaning & origin
Prins’s family of names
In English usage, Prins as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Prince. In German usage, Prins as a surname has a related form in Prinz. In German usage, Prins as a surname has a related form in Prinze.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Prins has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Dutch roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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