Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Tarence isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tarence through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 537
- 537 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 20 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 7 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 410 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tarence’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tarence
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Tarence, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Terrance
“learned” · “instigator”
>99% boys
Taran
“of the thunder”
>99% boys
Antoine
“a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family”
>99% boys
Tarik
“one who demands entry; of the morning star”
>99% boys
Terrell
“one who is stubborn” · “a powerful man”
>99% boys
Alain
“one who is precious” · “resembling a little rock”
>99% boys
Darnell
“a secretive woman” · “from the hidden place”
>99% boys
Tyrell
“one who is stubborn” · “a powerful man”
>99% boys