Meaning & History
Diminutive of Terence or Theresa. A famous bearer was Terry Fox (1958-1981), a young man with an artificial leg who attempted to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. He died of the disease before crossing the country.
Related Names
VariantsTeri, Terri, Terrie, Tess, Tessa, Tessie, Tracee, Tracey, Traci, Tracie, Tracy, Tressa (English) Tel (English (British))
Other Languages & CulturesTerentius (Ancient Roman) Terese (Basque) Tereza (Bulgarian) Teresa (Catalan) Tereza, Terezija, Tena (Croatian) Tereza, Terezie (Czech) Teresa, Therese, Terese, Thea (Danish) Theresia, Tess, Tessa, Thera, Trees (Dutch) Teresa, Tero (Finnish) Thérèse (French) Terenti (Georgian) Teresa, Theresa, Therese, Theresia, Theres (German) Terézia, Teca, Teréz (Hungarian) Toiréasa (Irish) Terenzio, Teresa (Italian) Therasia (Late Roman) Terēzija, Rēzija (Latvian) Teresa, Teresė (Lithuanian) Teresa, Therese, Terese, Thea (Norwegian) Teresa (Polish) Teresa, Teresinha (Portuguese) Tereza, Terezinha (Portuguese (Brazilian)) Tereza (Romanian) Terenti, Terentiy (Russian) Tereza (Serbian) Tereza, Terézia (Slovak) Terezija (Slovene) Teresa, Tere, Teresita (Spanish) Teresa, Teresia, Therese, Terese, Tessan, Thea (Swedish) Terentiy (Ukrainian)
Same SpellingTerry 1
User SubmissionTerry
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youthful informal common wholesome strong simple
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Entry updated February 28, 2019