title: Prince (given name)
text: # 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.
  
  ## Artists and entertainers
  
  ### 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
  
  ## Athletes
  
  ### 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 Osei Owusu (born 1997), German 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
  