Terence
Terence or Terrence is a male given name from the Anglophone- speaking area.
Origin and meaning
The name is probably derived from the gentile noun of the Roman family Terentius , the meaning of which is unknown. Furthermore, Terence is the English name of the ancient Roman writer Terenz († 159/158 BC)
Short form: Terry
Name bearer
Terence
- Terence Conran (* 1931), British designer
- Terence James Cooke (1921–1983), Archbishop of New York
- Terence Trent D'Arby (* 1962), stage name of the US singer Sananda Maitreya
- Terence Davies (* 1945), British director
- Terence Fisher (1904–1980), British director
- Terence Hill (* 1939), stage name of an Italian actor and director, actually Mario Girotti
- Terence Horgan (* 1948), American philosopher
- Terence McKenna (1946–2000), American ethnopharmacologist and philosopher
- Terence Steven McQueen (1930–1980), birth name of the actor Steve McQueen
- Terence Morgan (1921-2005), British actor
- Terry Paine (born 1939), English football player
- Terence Osborn Ranger (1929-2015), British historian
- Terence Rattigan (1911–1977), British dramaturge
- Terence Stamp (born 1938), British actor
- Terence Tao (* 1975), Australian mathematician
- Terence Hanbury White (1906–1964), British writer
- Terence Wynn (* 1946), British politician
- Terence Young (1915–1994), British director, actually Shaun Terence Young
Terrence
- Terrence Bollea (* 1953), maiden name of the American wrestler and actor Hulk Hogan
- Terrence Howard (born 1969), American actor
- Terrence Jennings (* 1986), American Taekwondoin
- Terrence Malick (born 1943), American director
- Terrence McCann (1934-2006), American wrestler
- Terrence McNally (1938-2020), American playwright
- Terrence E. Peabody (born 1939), businessman
- Terrence J. Sejnowski , neuroscientist
- Terrence Trammell (* 1978), American athlete