Meaning of name Terry

The name Terry has the following meaning:

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

As a baby boy name, Terry is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 383 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Terry fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 77 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 554 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Terry in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Terry is very likely a(n) Latin variant of the name Terence. See other suggested Latin baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Terence.

The following names are baby names related to Terry and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Terry: Boys - Furman, Girls - Almeda, America, Annabella, April, Docia, Karlee, Linnea, Ludie, Natalie, Nataly, Serena, Tempie, Templa, Tiara, Both genders - Arden, Laurel, Pearl, Virgil

The name Terry is a variant of Terence. Other popular variants of the name Terence are: Tarance, Tarantino (Greek), Tarrants, Tarrenz, Tearance, Tearence, Tearnce, Tearrance, Teran, Terance, Terancio (Italian), Teren, Terenciano (Italian), Terencio (Italian), Terentilo (Greek), Terentino (Greek), Terenz (German), Terin, Terran, Terrance (English), Terren, Terrence (English), Terrey, Terriance, Terrien, Terrin, Terrious, Terris, Terrius, Terron, Terronce, Terry, Terryn, Theirry (French), Tiren, Torrence, Tyreas, Tyrease, Tyrece, Tyreece, Tyreese, Tyreice, Tyres, Tyrese, Tyresse, Tyrez, Tyreze, Tyrice, Tyriece, Tyriese

We think the name Terry should fall under the following style category: African-American.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Terry to be: Tall and lively gentleman

In one word, you might describe Terry as a(n) "lively" person.

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