Prentiss

Where Prentiss comes from

Prentiss hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1764
    Prentiss Mellen born
    American judge
  2. 1887
    Debut at its peak, #921
    #921 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1889
    Prentiss M. Brown born
    American politician
  5. 2013
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Prentiss M. Brown · American politician, 1889–1973
  • Prentiss Mellen · American judge, 1764–1840
  • Prentiss Walker · Mississippi farmer and congressman, 1917–1998
  • Prentiss Hubb · American basketball player, born 1999
  • Prentiss Ingraham · Author, Confederate Army soldier, 1843–1904

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.