Terry Forename
803rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,079,511 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Terry Forename Definition:
A diminutive of both Terence and Teresa (Theresa).
Terry Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 78% | 793,493 | 1:457 | 78 |
| Canada | 86% | 79,721 | 1:416 | 68 |
| England | 99% | 62,645 | 1:888 | 198 |
| Australia | - | 39,220 | 1:348 | 67 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 11,191 | 1:15,867 | 1,775 |
| Kenya | 99% | 10,488 | 1:4,415 | 713 |
| New Zealand | - | 9,413 | 1:482 | 108 |
| Ghana | 100% | 5,394 | 1:5,003 | 632 |
| Papua New Guinea | 79% | 4,906 | 1:1,662 | 197 |
| Philippines | 59% | 4,826 | 1:21,966 | 2,187 |
| Ireland | 88% | 4,788 | 1:970 | 186 |
| South Africa | 55% | 3,879 | 1:14,058 | 2,170 |
| Zambia | - | 2,928 | 1:5,415 | 733 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,888 | 1:1,071 | 247 |
| China | - | 2,834 | 1:482,024 | 25,712 |
| Indonesia | 50% | 2,832 | 1:91,089 | 10,432 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,739 | 1:11,250 | 1,609 |
| Netherlands | 57% | 2,470 | 1:6,843 | 964 |
| Scotland | 97% | 2,056 | 1:2,602 | 341 |
| Malaysia | 89% | 1,936 | 1:15,728 | 1,640 |
| Sudan | - | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Liberia | 96% | 1,341 | 1:3,290 | 446 |
| Angola | - | 1,215 | 1:22,195 | 1,764 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,191 | 1:133,889 | 8,095 |
| Egypt | 64% | 1,149 | 1:79,983 | 3,923 |
| France | 87% | 1,095 | 1:60,704 | 1,692 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 59% | 1,068 | 1:1,275 | 239 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,057 | 1:7,335 | 668 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 904 | 1:33,409 | 2,312 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 787 | 1:26,428 | 3,311 |
| Northern Ireland | 94% | 668 | 1:2,759 | 394 |
| Thailand | 95% | 650 | 1:107,794 | 8,854 |
| Poland | 67% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| Italy | 99% | 561 | 1:108,845 | 1,981 |
| Zimbabwe | 64% | 555 | 1:27,791 | 2,842 |
| Japan | - | 527 | 1:242,858 | 7,633 |
| Guyana | 100% | 511 | 1:1,494 | 274 |
| Germany | 57% | 509 | 1:189,937 | 3,013 |
| Singapore | 100% | 508 | 1:12,376 | 2,548 |
| Vanuatu | - | 504 | 1:519 | 121 |
| Belgium | 72% | 487 | 1:23,594 | 1,675 |
| Bahrain | - | 444 | 1:3,038 | 493 |
| Jamaica | - | 436 | 1:6,613 | 914 |
| Fiji | - | 403 | 1:2,214 | 616 |
| Brazil | 100% | 398 | 1:538,282 | 17,199 |
| India | 73% | 374 | 1:3,248,337 | 143,878 |
| Gabon | 100% | 361 | 1:5,217 | 1,029 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 352 | 1:29,634 | 2,409 |
| Barbados | - | 336 | 1:862 | 200 |
| Bahamas | - | 333 | 1:1,199 | 294 |
| Malawi | 100% | 317 | 1:53,982 | 3,553 |
| South Korea | - | 303 | 1:18,298 | 1,828 |
| Portugal | - | 277 | 1:37,584 | 1,442 |
| Peru | 95% | 264 | 1:120,422 | 3,982 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 263 | 1:2,209 | 371 |
| Ecuador | - | 234 | 1:75,756 | 2,153 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 207 | 1:448 | 78 |
| Switzerland | 67% | 206 | 1:39,871 | 1,965 |
| Qatar | 70% | 202 | 1:11,731 | 1,873 |
| DR Congo | 86% | 199 | 1:370,993 | 14,033 |
| Spain | 100% | 193 | 1:241,088 | 4,467 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Botswana | 50% | 190 | 1:11,497 | 1,596 |
| Tanzania | 56% | 186 | 1:283,808 | 10,178 |
| Malta | - | 182 | 1:2,359 | 423 |
| Mexico | 80% | 173 | 1:717,598 | 6,801 |
| Saint Lucia | 98% | 169 | 1:1,052 | 166 |
| Iraq | 100% | 154 | 1:227,389 | 3,692 |
| Sweden | 84% | 152 | 1:64,855 | 3,144 |
| Nicaragua | 88% | 148 | 1:40,664 | 2,174 |
| Panama | 65% | 145 | 1:26,942 | 2,367 |
| Honduras | 100% | 144 | 1:61,232 | 2,542 |
| Guam | - | 140 | 1:1,147 | 256 |
| Greece | 100% | 133 | 1:82,215 | 2,398 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 130 | 1:487 | 125 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 125 | 1:190,157 | 17,287 |
| Grenada | 100% | 110 | 1:983 | 190 |
| Bermuda | - | 103 | 1:629 | 120 |
| Colombia | 70% | 99 | 1:482,615 | 7,588 |
| Afghanistan | 87% | 97 | 1:336,325 | 6,796 |
| Lebanon | 67% | 97 | 1:58,016 | 2,515 |
| Uganda | 67% | 97 | 1:422,236 | 10,547 |
| Russia | 69% | 96 | 1:1,502,434 | 11,182 |
| Norway | 97% | 92 | 1:55,786 | 2,212 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 87 | 1:1,261 | 253 |
| Cameroon | 65% | 81 | 1:266,796 | 10,396 |
| Jersey | 100% | 77 | 1:1,298 | 282 |
| Haiti | 100% | 76 | 1:141,144 | 7,093 |
| Vietnam | - | 75 | 1:1,234,975 | 2,854 |
| Costa Rica | 88% | 72 | 1:66,222 | 2,570 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 70 | 1:1,420 | 306 |
| Belize | 100% | 67 | 1:5,288 | 1,052 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Denmark | - | 65 | 1:86,915 | 2,651 |
| Marshall Islands | 89% | 58 | 1:883 | 90 |
| Namibia | - | 57 | 1:42,179 | 2,794 |
| Dominica | - | 54 | 1:1,398 | 254 |
| American Samoa | - | 52 | 1:1,074 | 130 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 95% | 52 | 1:2,146 | 405 |
| Senegal | 100% | 50 | 1:291,627 | 4,915 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Chile | 65% | 44 | 1:400,164 | 5,362 |
| Estonia | 50% | 43 | 1:30,590 | 2,187 |
| Mongolia | - | 43 | 1:68,251 | 5,097 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 42 | 1:20,740 | 1,323 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 39 | 1:183,384 | 11,968 |
| Micronesia | - | 38 | 1:2,803 | 374 |
| Macau | - | 37 | 1:16,438 | 326 |
| Gibraltar | - | 36 | 1:948 | 199 |
| Libya | - | 36 | 1:172,814 | 833 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 33 | 1:1,858 | 421 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 26 | 1:49,915 | 3,034 |
| New Caledonia | - | 26 | 1:10,391 | 1,033 |
| Austria | 78% | 24 | 1:354,758 | 3,899 |
| British Virgin Islands | 67% | 23 | 1:1,359 | 317 |
| Turkey | 80% | 22 | 1:3,536,441 | 18,981 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 22 | 1:1,578 | 368 |
| Finland | 75% | 20 | 1:274,159 | 4,096 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 20 | 1:2,733 | 523 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 19 | 1:856,491 | 14,474 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 89% | 19 | 1:2,887 | 601 |
| Iceland | - | 17 | 1:21,530 | 1,463 |
| Oman | - | 17 | 1:241,686 | 3,539 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 16 | 1:214,227 | 3,836 |
| Ukraine | 80% | 14 | 1:3,249,993 | 6,792 |
| Argentina | 78% | 13 | 1:3,290,249 | 9,899 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Guatemala | - | 13 | 1:1,239,110 | 4,883 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 12 | 1:1,513 | 249 |
| Czechia | 90% | 12 | 1:888,014 | 3,257 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 12 | 1:295,858 | 3,040 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,071,438 | 15,295 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Hungary | 100% | 9 | 1:1,087,975 | 2,994 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Palau | - | 9 | 1:2,412 | 36 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Belarus | 100% | 8 | 1:1,185,298 | 6,117 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 8 | 1:10,628 | 230 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 8 | 1:39,767 | 1,981 |
| Jordan | 89% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 7 | 1:332 | 62 |
| Congo | 83% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 6 | 1:32,392,947 | 130,865 |
| Bulgaria | - | 5 | 1:1,398,078 | 12,856 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 5 | 1:112,810 | 2,667 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Anguilla | - | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Croatia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,054,269 | 9,352 |
| Kiribati | - | 4 | 1:28,348 | 503 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Israel | 100% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Armenia | 50% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Slovenia | - | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Térry (1) are calculated separately.
Terry (149,257) may also be a surname.
Terry Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A diminutive of both Terence and Teresa (Theresa).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A male name derived, like the French name Thierry, from Theodoric.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Teutonic name, meaning: Popular ruler. Some authorities give this as a diminutive of Terence.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Terry Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 172,691 (2014)
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