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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.
| 89th in the U.S. for 2011 |
English (also very common in Wales): patronymic from William.
| 3rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Terri, Terrye, Terrie, Terre, Terra, Terria, Terrah, Terr, Terrry, Terree
Willis, Williamson, William, Wills, Willard, Willoughby, Willingham, Willey, Willett, Will
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