as a Last Name
- 78,258
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Terry
Meaning & Origins
English and Irish: from the common Norman personal name, T(h)erry (Old French Thierri), composed of the unattested Germanic element þeudo- ‘people’, ‘race’ + rīc ‘power’. Theodoric was the name of the Ostrogothic leader (c. 454–526) who invaded Italy in 488 and established his capital at Ravenna in 493. His name was often taken as a derivative of Greek Theodōros (see Theodore). There was an Anglo-Norman family of this name in County Cork.
| 334th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 78,258
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Virgin Island
- has the most people named Terry per capita
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