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Meaning & Origins
As a medieval given name this is a Norman form of the French name Thierry, from Germanic Theodoric, from þeud ‘people, race’ + rīc ‘power, ruler’. This was adopted by the Normans and introduced by them to Britain. In modern English use it seems at first to have been a transferred use of the surname derived from the medieval given name, and later to have been taken as a pet form of Terence.
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English and Welsh (very common in southern England and South Wales): patronymic from the medieval English personal name Harry, pet form of Henry.
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Nicknames & variations
Terri, Terrye, Terrie, Terre, Terra, Terria, Terrah, Terr, Terrry, Terree
Harrison, Harrington, Harrell, Harry, Harrelson, Harr, Harrigan, Harrold, Harrod, Harriman
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