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Prince

/PRINS/Hausa & Shona · a boy’s name

English title-name meaning “prince”; used occasionally as a Christian-era given name by Hausa families

In Hausa

How to say it
PRINS
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
rare

In Shona

How to say it
PRINSS
Given to
Boys
Used in
Zimbabwe
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Prince

Nicknames & short forms

Princey

From the same family