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prince Name Meaning and History

English and French: nickname from Middle English, Old French prince (Latin princeps), presumably denoting someone who behaved in a regal manner or who had won the title in some contest of skill.
Translation of German and Ashkenazic Jewish Prinz or of a word meaning ‘prince’ in some other language.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of prince Families in the US in 1920

Number of prince families

245-488

82-244

1-81

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