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Prince

Latin
"chief, prince"
Pamela Redmond
By Pamela Redmond
Updated Mon Feb 10 2025

Prince Origin and Meaning

The name Prince is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "chief, prince".

Prince rose to its highest ranking in a century in 2015, and the tragic death of its most famous bearer in April 2016 propelled it even higher. The Purple Rain legend isn't its only tie to pop royalty: Michael Jackson chose it for not one but two of his sons. Royal names such as King and Prince, once thought of as canine, have begun to be used by human non-royals for their sons.

# 364 in the US

Prince Rank in US Top 1000

# 2518 on Nameberry

Prince Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Prince Popularity

Famous People Named Prince

  • Kevin
    Prince Boateng, Ghanain footballer
  • Prince (Rogers Nelson)
    American rock and R&B singer,songwriter
  • Prince Royce
    stage name of Geoffrey Royce Rojas, American Latin singer
  • Prince Kelechi Amukamara
    American NFL football player
  • Prince Miller
    American football player
  • Prince Semien Fielder
    American baseball player; son of baseball player Cecil Fielder
  • Prince Oluebube Eke
    Nigerian actor
  • Prince Hall
    American abolitionist
  • Prince Kudakwashe Musarurwa
    Zimbabwean jazz musician
  • Prince Romerson
    U.S. Army Civil War soldier from Hawaii
  • Prince Tagoe
    Ghanaian footballer
  • Prince Solomon Burke (b. 1963)
    son of singer Solomon Burke
  • Prince Nasir Dean (b. 2000)
    son of rapper Swizz Beatz
  • Prince Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. I (b. 1997)
    elder son of singer Michael Jackson
  • Maddox Prince Boateng (b. 2014)
    son of footballer Kevin,Prince Boateng & Melissa Satta

Prince in Pop Culture

  • Jayden Prince
    character on TV's "CSI: NY"
  • Martin Prince
    character on TV's "The Simpsons"

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