Prince (given name)
Prince is a masculine given name.
Etymology
Prince as a given name is an Anglo-Saxon name, derived from the Latin word princeps.The name comes from its first bearer, who was a person who acted in a formal and regal manner, or who had won the title of prince in some sort of contest.
Artists and entertainers
Musicians
- Prince (musician), American singer-songwriter born Prince Rogers Nelson
- Prince Adekunle, Nigerian musician
- Prince Bright, Ghanaian musician
- Prince Eke, Nigerian actor
- Prince Harvey, American rapper
- Prince McCoy, American singer
- Prince Kudakwashe Musarurwa, Zimbabwean musician
- Prince Udaya Priyantha, Sinhalese singer
- Prince Robinson, American saxophone player
Other artists and entertainers
- Prince Abdi, British comedian
- Prince Amponsah (actor), Canadian actor
- Prince Bagdasarian, American film director
- Prince Cecil, Indian actor
- Prince Demah, American painter
- Prince Eke, Nigerian actor
- Prince Gomolvilas, American playwright
- Prince Gyasi, Ghanaian visual artist
- Prince Hoare (elder), sculptor
- Prince Hoare (younger), painter and playwright
- Prince Narula, Indian actor and model
- Prince Randian, Guyanese-born American sideshow performer
Athletes
Association footballers
- Prince Abedi, Nigerian footballer
- Prince Obus Aggreh, Nigerian footballer
- Prince Agyemang, Ghanaian footballer
- Prince Amanda, Tanzanian footballer
- Prince Koranteng Amoako, Ghanaian footballer
- Prince Amponsah (footballer), Ghanaian footballer
- Prince Asubonteng, Ghanaian footballer
- Prince Mark Boley, Liberian footballer
- Prince Bonkat, Nigerian footballer
- Prince Buaben, Ghanaian footballer
- Prince Daye, Liberian footballer
- Prince Dube, Zimbabwean footballer
- Prince Eboagwu, Nigerian footballer
- Prince Efe Ehiorobo, Nigerian footballer
- Prince Ikpe Ekong, Nigerian footballer
- Prince Gyimah, Ghanaian footballer
- Prince Hlela, South African footballer
- Prince Ibara, Congolese international footballer
- Prince Ihekwoaba, Nigerian footballer
- Prince Mumba (footballer) Zambian footballer
- Prince Nana (footballer), Ghanaian former footballer
- Prince Ngaah, Equatoguinean footballer
- Prince Nnake, Nigerian footballer
- Prince Olomu, Nigerian footballer
- Prince Oniangué, French footballer
- Prince Owusu (footballer, born January 1997), German footballer
- Prince Owusu (footballer, born February 1997), Ghanaian footballer
Gridiron/American football players
- Prince Amukamara, American cornerback
- Prince Emili, American football player
- Prince Charles Iworah, American cornerback
- Prince McJunkins, American quarterback
- Prince Miller, American cornerback
- Prince Tega Wanogho, American football player
Boxers
- Prince Badi Ajamu, American boxer
- Prince Amartey, Ghanaian boxer
- Prince Arron, English boxer
Other athletes
- Prince Amara, Sierra Leonean sprinter
- Prince Bartholomew, Trinidad cricketer
- Prince Caperal, Filipino basketball player
- Prince Fielder, American baseball player
- Prince ǃGaoseb, Namibian rugby union player for the Tel Aviv Heat
- Prince Iaukea, American professional wrestler
- Prince Ibeh, British basketball player
- Prince Mumba (athlete) Zambian middle distance runner
- Prince Nana, American professional wrestler
Politicians
- Prince Ahmed Ali Ahmedzai, Pakistani politician
- Prince Casinader, Sri Lankan politician and teacher
- Prince Johnson, Liberian warlord and politician
- Prince Gopal Lakshman, Fijian politician
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr., American politician
- Prince Raj, Indian politician
Other
- Prince Julius Adewale Adelusi-Adeluyi, Nigerian pharmacist, Minister of Health and Social Services and businessman
- Prince Boston, American slave
- Prince Estabrook, American militiaman
- Prince Hall, African-American abolitionist
- Prince Romerson, Hawaiian American Civil War soldier
- Prince E. Rouse, American physical chemist