Details for the forename Terence

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Terence (male)


Variants:	Terentius (M) Toirdhealbhach (M)
Pet Name(s):	Tel (M) Terry (M)
Lesser Synonym(s):	Turley (M)
Can be spelt:	Terrance (M) Terrence (M)

Source(s):	English Parish Register freereg.rootsweb.com The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English and Irish, from a Roman family name, Terentius, which is the form used for Terence in old documents in Latin, with appropriate case endings. Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic name Toirdhealbhach, "instigator". [See also Turley.] The assumed pet name Terry [q.v.] actually predates Terence and was derived in the Middle Ages from Germanic sources, introduced into Britain by the Normans