English · Boy name
Prince
“from the English word prince, from Latin princeps, first or chief”
About the name Prince
Prince is taken from the English word for the son of a monarch or a ruler of a principality. The word came into English through Old French from the Latin princeps, meaning first or chief, formed from primus, first, and capere, to take. Prince has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world, and it was also an English surname. A famous bearer was the American musician Prince Rogers Nelson, known simply as Prince.
- Meaning
- from the English word prince, from Latin princeps, first or chief
- Origin
- English
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- PRINS(1 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Prince
- Prince Alexander
- Prince Michael
- Prince James
- Prince William
- Prince Charles
Questions about Prince
- What does Prince mean?
- Prince is an English name meaning "from the English word prince, from Latin princeps, first or chief".
- How do you pronounce Prince?
- Prince is pronounced PRINS, with emphasis on the first syllable.
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