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First name origin & meaning:

Latin: Royal son

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. 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.
  2. Translation of German and Ashkenazic Jewish Prinz or of a word meaning ‘prince’ in some other language.