Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Terrence
/TER · ents/
Meaning
“Smooth, tender”
American variant spelling of Terence, from the Roman family name Terentius; slightly more formal than Terrance but equally tied to the mid-20th-century American naming era.
Nicknames
terry
Vibe
strongelegant
How it ages.
Mid-century American; the double-r spelling adds formality but not timelessness.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US from the 1950s through 1970s; declining since the 1980s.