Terry ... Terry is a unisex diminutive nickname for the given names Teresa or Theresa (feminine) or Terence, Terrance (masculine).

Terry as a boys' name (also used less generally as girls' name Terry) is pronounced TARE-ee. It is of Old German origin, and the meaning of Terry is "people's ruler".

The meaning of TERRY is the loop forming the pile in uncut pile fabrics.

Find out the popularity of the first name Terry, what it means and the history of how Terry came to be.

Oct 31, 2025 · When a class was boring, he doodled intricate maps of imaginary lands. A male given name from Latin derived from the Latin for the third ("tertius") given to a third child or a child whose …

5 days ago · Terry is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "soft; thresher; ruler of the people". Terry is the 975 ranked male name by popularity.

Terry—spoken simply as TEH-ree—arrives on the tongue like the single stroke of an ink brush across rice paper, concise yet resonant, a name that began as the Latin Terentius, mingled with the …

Dec 6, 2025 · Penn State football not only hired a new head coach in Matt Campbell, it also will retain beloved assistant Terry Smith.

Although Terry is widely considered a unisex pet form, as an independently given name, Terry is mainly masculine. The name has remained on the American male naming charts since the late 1880s.

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