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Prentice - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Prentice

[ 2 syll. pren-ti-ce, pr-ent-ice ] The boy name Prentice is pronounced PREHNTIHS KEY. Prentice's language of origin is Middle English and it is predominantly used in English. The name Prentice means 'an apprentice'. Forms of Prentice include the English names Prent, Prentise, and Prentiss.

Prentice is an uncommon baby boy name. At the modest height of its usage in 1910, 0.006% of baby boys were named Prentice. It had a ranking of #920 then. The baby name has seen a decline in frequency since then, and is used only on a very light scale now. Within all boy names in its family, Prentice was nevertheless the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Prentice include the English names Prentiss and Prentise.

KEY: Pronunciation for Prentice: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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