Prince (given name)

Prince is a male given name.

Etymology
The etymology of the name is from the Anglo-Saxon name Prince which is from the Latin word princeps (“first one” or “leader”).

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.

Musicians

 * Prince (musician) (1958–2016), American singer-songwriter born Prince Rogers Nelson
 * Prince Adekunle (born 1942), Nigerian musician
 * Prince Bright, Ghanaian musician
 * Prince Eke (born 1981), Nigerian actor
 * Prince Harvey, American rapper
 * Prince McCoy (1882–1968), American singer
 * Prince Kudakwashe Musarurwa (born 1988), Zimbabwean musician
 * Prince Udaya Priyantha (1970–2017), Sinhalese singer
 * Prince Robinson (1902–1960), American saxophone player

Other artists and entertainers

 * Prince Abdi (born 1982), British comedian
 * Prince Amponsah (actor), Canadian actor
 * Prince Bagdasarian (born 1984), American film director
 * Prince Cecil, Indian actor
 * Prince Demah (c. 1745–1778), American painter
 * Prince Eke (born 1977), Nigerian actor
 * Prince Gomolvilas (born 1972), American playwright
 * Prince Gyasi (born 1995), Ghanaian visual artist
 * Prince Hoare (elder) (1711–1769), sculptor
 * Prince Hoare (younger) (1755–1834), painter and playwright
 * Prince Narula (born 1990), Indian actor and model
 * Prince Randian (1871–1934), Guyanese-born American sideshow performer

Association footballers

 * Prince Abedi (born 1985), Nigerian footballer
 * Prince Obus Aggreh (born 1996), Nigerian footballer
 * Prince Agyemang (born 1994), Ghanaian footballer
 * Prince Amanda (born 2001), Tanzanian footballer
 * Prince Koranteng Amoako (born 1973), Ghanaian footballer
 * Prince Amponsah (footballer) (born 1996), Ghanaian footballer
 * Prince Asubonteng (born 1986), Ghanaian footballer
 * Prince Baffoe (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer
 * Prince Mark Boley (born 1989), Liberian footballer
 * Prince Bonkat (born 1996), Nigerian footballer
 * Prince Buaben (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer
 * Prince Daye (born 1978), Liberian footballer
 * Prince Dube (born 1997), Zimbabwean footballer
 * Prince Eboagwu (born 1986), Nigerian footballer
 * Prince Efe Ehiorobo (born 1983), Nigerian footballer
 * Prince Ikpe Ekong (born 1978), Nigerian footballer
 * Prince Gyimah (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer
 * Prince Hlela (born 1984), South African footballer
 * Prince Ibara (born 1996), Congolese international footballer
 * Prince Ihekwoaba (born 1989), Nigerian footballer
 * Prince Nana (footballer), Ghanaian former footballer
 * Prince Nnake (born 1989), Nigerian footballer
 * Prince Olomu (born 1986), Nigerian footballer
 * Prince Oniangué (born 1988), French footballer
 * Prince Owusu (footballer, born January 1997), German footballer
 * Prince Owusu (footballer, born February 1997), Ghanaian footballer

Gridiron/American football players

 * Prince Amukamara (born 1989), American cornerback
 * Prince Emili (born 1998), American football player
 * Prince Charles Iworah (born 1993), American cornerback
 * Prince Miller (born 1988), American cornerback
 * Prince Tega Wanogho (born 1997), American football player

Boxers

 * Prince Badi Ajamu (born 1972), American boxer
 * Prince Amartey (born 1944), Ghanaian boxer
 * Prince Arron (born 1987), English boxer

Other athletes

 * Prince Amara (born 1973), Sierra Leonean sprinter
 * Prince Bartholomew (1939-2017), Trinidad cricketer
 * Prince Caperal (born 1993), Filipino basketball player
 * Prince Fielder (born 1984), American baseball player
 * Prince ǃGaoseb (born 1998), Namibian rugby union player for the Tel Aviv Heat
 * Prince Iaukea (born 1964), American professional wrestler
 * Prince Ibeh (born 1994), British basketball player
 * Prince Nana (born 1979), American professional wrestler

Politicians

 * Prince Ahmed Ali Ahmedzai (born 1968), Pakistani politician
 * Prince Casinader (1926-2018), Sri Lankan politician and teacher
 * Prince Johnson (born 1952), Liberian politician
 * Prince Gopal Lakshman (1954-2016), Fijian politician
 * Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (1908-1961), American politician
 * Prince Raj (born 1989), Indian politician

Other

 * Prince Julius Adewale Adelusi-Adeluyi (born 1940), Nigerian pharmacist, Minister of Health and Social Services and businessman
 * Prince Boston (born 1750), American slave
 * Prince Estabrook (1741-1830), American militiaman
 * Prince Hall (1735-1807), African-American abolitionist
 * Prince Romerson (c. 1840–1872), Hawaiian American Civil War soldier
 * Prince E. Rouse (1917–2003), American physical chemist