Terry - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Terry \t(er)-ry\ is pronounced TARE-ee. It is of Old German origin, and its meaning is "power of the tribe". From Theodoric, which was the direct source of Derek and Dietrich, but gave rise to Terry through the Norman French name Thierri (also the source of the modern French Thierry). Also short form of Terence and Terrell. Football player Terry Bradshaw; filmmaker Terry Gilliam.

Terry has 3 variant forms: Terrey, Terri and Terrie.

Baby names that sound like Terry are Derry and Torry.

Terry is a very popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Terry. Click here to compare Terry with related baby names.