Terri is an alternative spelling of

Terry Terry is a unisex diminutive nickname for the given names Teresa or Theresa (feminine) or Terence (given name), Terence, Terrance (masculine). People Male * Terry A. Canales, American politician * Terry A. Doughty (born 1959), American district ...

. It is a feminine

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and is also a diminutive for

Teresa Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; ) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Classical Greek, Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or rea ...

. Notable people with the name include: * Terri Allard (born 1962), American country/folk singer/songwriter * Terri S. Armstrong, American scientist *

Terri Attwood Teresa K. Attwood (born 20 November 1959) is a professor of Bioinformatics in the Department of Computer Science and School of Biological Sciences at the University of Manchester and a visiting fellow at the European Bioinformatics Institute (E ...

(born 1959), English professor *

Terri Austin Terri Jo Austin is an American educator and politician from Indiana. Austin is a Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives, and last represented the 36th District from January 2003 to November 2022. Early life On May 17, 1955, ...

(born 1955), American educator and politician * Terri Bennett, Irish cricketer *

Terri Bjerre Terri Elaine Bjerre, known professionally as Terri B!, is an American Electronic dance singer, composer, producer and DJ. Career Terri Bjerre began her career in the band 2 Eivissa, who reached #1 on the Spanish Top 100 with the classic " Oh l ...

(born 1966), American musician *

Terri Blackstock Terri Blackstock (born 1957) is an American Christian fiction author with a focus on suspense novels. She began her career writing romance novels under the pseudonyms Terri Herrington and Tracy Hughes. Early life and education Blackstock was bor ...

(born 1957), American Christian fiction writer *

Terri Bonoff Terri E. Bonoff (born August 1, 1957) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Minnesota. She is a former member of the Minnesota Senate, representing District 44, which included portions of Minnetonka, Plymouth and Woodland in Henne ...

, American politician * Terri Brisbin, American historical romance author *

Terri Brosius Terri Brosius (née Barous) is an American musician, voice actress, and game designer, best known in gaming circles as the voice of SHODAN in the ''System Shock'' series. Biography Terri was a member of the Boston band Tribe as a keyboardist ...

, American musician and voice actor *

Terri Brown Terri Brown (born September 27, 1947) is an American athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

, American athlete * Terri Bryant, American politician * Terri Butler, Australian politician *

Terri Lyne Carrington Terri Lyne Carrington (born August 4, 1965) is an American jazz drummer, composer, producer, and educator. She has played with Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Clark Terry, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Joe Sample, Al Jarreau, Yellowjackets (band), ...

, jazz drummer, composer, and record producer *

Terri Carver Terri Carver is a former state representative from Colorado Springs, Colorado. A Republican, Carver represented Colorado House of Representatives District 20, which encompassed several communities in El Paso County, including Air Force Academy, ...

, American politician * Terri Cater, Australian sprinter and middle-distance runner *

Terri Clark Terri Lynn Sauson, known professionally as Terri Clark (born August 5, 1968) is a Canadian country music singer who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that ...

, Canadian country music artist * Terri Collins, American politician *

Terri Conley Terri Conley is an American social psychologist who studies gender differences in sexuality, consequences of departures from monogamy, and the consequences of masculinity threat. She is currently an associate professor of psychology and women' ...

, American social psychologist *

Terri Conn Terri Conn is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Katie Peretti on ''As the World Turns'', Christine “ Aubrey Wentworth" Karr on ''One Life to Live'', and Ashley Dupree on Breaker High. On July 1, 2011, she married her forme ...

, American actress *

Terri Crawford Terri Crawford, formerly billed as Terry Crawford, is a Canadian musician, most noted as a two-time Juno Award nominee for Most Promising Female Vocalist at the Juno Awards of 1982 and the Juno Awards of 1983. Background Originally from Montrea ...

, Canadian musician *

Terri Cruz Teresita del Niño Jesús "Terri" Cruz (1927–2017) was a community advocate and a founder of Chicanos Por La Causa. Early life Teresa Cruz was born in Tucson, Arizona. Her parents were from Hermosillo and Durango. She was orphaned as a young ...

(1927-2017), American community organizer *

Terri Dendy Terri Dendy (born May 8, 1965) is a former American track and field athlete from Wilmington, Delaware. Dendy was ranked among the top ten women in the U.S. for the 400 meters event from 1986 through 1989 and again in 1993. She was an alternate on ...

, American track and field athlete *

Terri Dial Terri Arlene Dial (October 30, 1949 – February 28, 2012) was an American banker. She was the Vice Chairman of Wells Fargo from 1996 to 1998, the head of Lloyds' United Kingdom retail division from 2005 to 2008, and the leader of Citigroup's ...

(1949–2012), American banker *

Terri Lynn Doss __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1988. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Kimberley Conrad (born August 6, 1962) is an American model and actress. She was chose ...

, American model and actress *

Terri Doty Terri Doty is an American voice actress, voice director, and ADR writer known for her voice work in English dubs of Japanese anime shows produced by Funimation Funimation was an American Video on demand#Subscription models, subscription video ...

, American voice actress, voice director, and ADR writer *

Terri Dunning Terri Dunning (born 11 March 1985) is a former British swimmer. She specialised in butterfly and won medals at the 2005 Summer Universiade, 2006 European Aquatics Championships and 2006 Commonwealth Games. Terri set a new British Record twice i ...

, British swimmer *

Terri Dwyer Teresa "Terri" Dwyer (born 31 July 1973) is a British television presenter and actress, best known for her role as Ruth Osborne in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. She has also presented the ITV home makeover show 60 Minute Makeover. Car ...

, English actress * Terri-Rae Elmer, radio news announcer * Terri Farley, American writer * Terri Fields, American book writer and teacher * Terri H. Finkel, American pediatric rheumatologist and immunologist * Terri Garber, American actress * Terri Gibbs, American country music artist * Terri Grodzicker, American molecular geneticist and virologist * Terri Hall (1953–2007), American erotic actress * Terri Hardin, Muppet puppeteer, actress and stand-up comedian * Terri Hanauer, Canadian-American actress *

Terri Crawford Hansen Terri Crawford Hansen (born 1953) is a journalist who focuses primarily on environmental and scientific issues affecting North American tribal and worldwide indigenous communities. Hansen, an enrolled Native American citizen of the Winnebago Tribe ...

, American journalist * Terri Harper, British professional boxer * Terri Hawkes, Canadian actress * Terri Hemmert, American radio personality and musicologist * Terri Hendrix, contemporary folk singer-songwriter from Texas * Terri L. Hill, American politician * Terri Hoffman (1938–2015), American writer * Terri Hogue, American hydrologist * Terri Hollowell, American singer * Terri Hoyos, American actress *

Terri Irwin Terri Raines Irwin (née Raines, born July 20, 1964) is an American-Australian conservationist, television personality, author and zookeeper who is the owner of Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland. She is the widow of Steve Irwin. Born in O ...

, Australian, American-born naturalist, author, and owner of Australia Zoo at Beerwah, Queensland, Australia * Terri Ivens, American actress * Terri Janke, Wuthathi/Meriam Indigenous lawyer * Terri Jentz, American writer * Terri Jorgenson, American politician *

Terri Kimball __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1964, the 10th anniversary year of the publication. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Sharon Rogers (November 19, 1942 – Oc ...

, American model and Playmate of the Month * Terri Kwan, Taiwanese actress, model, singer and author * Texas Terri (formerly Terri Laird), punk rock singer and songwriter from Texas * Terri Lynn Land, Michigan Secretary of State *

Terri Leigh Terri Leigh (born December 23, 1981) is a Canadian television anchor and was a member of the Fox Soccer Report on-air talent team since October 2008. On September 5, 2010, she announced her departure from Fox Soccer Channel on air. She now hosts ...

, Canadian television anchor * Terri McCormick, Wisconsin State Representative * Terri Meyette, Yaqui poet *

Terri Edda Miller Terri Edda Miller (sometimes Terri Miller or Terri E. Miller; born May 13, 1966) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. Biography Miller's first job in Hollywood was as an intern in Broadcast Standards at ABC, a network that she ...

, American screenwriter, producer, and director * Terri Minsky, American television writer and producer * Terri Mitchell, American women's basketball coach * Terri Moss, American boxer *

Terri Nunn Terri Kathleen Nunn (born June 26, 1961) is an American singer and actress. She is known as the vocalist of the 1980s New wave music, new wave and synth-pop band Berlin (band), Berlin. Biography Nunn was born in Los Angeles, California on June 2 ...

, American singer and actress * Terri O'Connell, motorsports racing champion * Terri Paddock, American writer and arts journalist * Terri Poch, American bodybuilder and former professional wrestler * Terri Priest (1928–2014), American artist * Terri Proud, American politician *

Terri Psiakis Terri Psiakis is an Australian comedian and a presenter on radio and television. Radio Psiakis is a Saturday morning presenter on Melbourne radio station Triple M. Previously she was a casual presenter on Triple J, and her appearances most nota ...

, Australian comedian and a presenter on radio and television *

Terri Quaye Terri Quaye, also Theresa (born 8 November 1940, Bodmin, England), Val Wilmer"Quaye, Terri (born 1940), singer, pianist, percussionist" Grove Music Online - ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', 2nd edition. Published in print January 2002. Pu ...

, English musician * Terri Rachals, American nurse accused of murder * Terri Rogers (1937–1999), English ventriloquist and magician * Terri Roth, vice president of conservation and science at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden *

Terri Runnels Terri Lynne Boatright Runnels A transcript of the article can be found a (born October 5, 1966) is an American retired professional wrestling manager, television host, and part-time professional wrestler. Runnels began her professional wrestling ...

, American professional wrestling manager, television host and occasional wrestler * Terri Russell, Australian cricket player *

Terri Schiavo The Terri Schiavo case was a series of court and legislative actions in the United States from 1998 to 2005, regarding the care of Theresa Marie Schiavo (née Schindler) (; December 3, 1963 – March 31, 2005), a woman in an irreversible ...

(1963–2005), diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) for several years * Terri Schneider, American endurance athlete, motivational speaker, author, coach, and consultant * Terri Scott, education executive *

Terri Sewell Terrycina Andrea "Terri" Sewell (; born January 1, 1965) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she has served since 2011 as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. repre ...

, American politician * Terri Seymour, British television presenter * Terri Sharp (1948–2015), American songwriter * Terri Stoneburner, American lawyer and judge * Terri Swearingen, American nurse * Terri Funk Sypolt, American politician * Terri Tatchell, Canadian screenwriter * Terri Te Tau, New Zealand contemporary artist and writer * Terri Willingham Thomas, American judge * Terri Thompson, American business journalist * Terri Treas, American actress, writer and director * Terri Utley, beauty queen and motivational speaker * Terri Vaughan, American insurance academic, regulator, and advisor * Terri Violet, American politician *

Terri J. Vaughn Terri Juanita Vaughn-Riley (née Vaughn; born October 16, 1969) is an American actress, director and producer. She is best known for her role as high school secretary Lovita Alizay Jenkins-Robinson in The WB sitcom ''The Steve Harvey Show'' (1997 ...

, American film and television actress * Terri Walker, English R&B and soul singer-songwriter * Terri Lynn Weaver, American politician * Terri Welles, American actress and adult model *

Terri White Terri White is an American actress and singer. The daughter of traveling musicians Bill White and Gertrude Hughes, White has appeared in '' Nunsense 2: The Sequel'' (1994), '' Ain't Misbehavin (1978), '' Barnum'' (1980), '' Welcome to the Clu ...

, American actress and singer *

Terri White (journalist) Terri White (born 1979) is a British journalist, editor and author. She was the editor-in-chief of ''Empire'' magazine and is author of a memoir ''Coming Undone''. Biography White was born in 1979 in Inkersall near Chesterfield in Derbyshi ...

, British journalist, editor and author * Terri L. White, mental health executive * Terri Williams-Flournoy, American women's basketball coach *

Terri Windling Terri Windling (born December 3, 1958, in Fort Dix, New Jersey) is an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults. She has won nine World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and the Bram St ...

, American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults * Terri Witek, American poet *

Terri Young Terri L. Young (born 1959) is an American pediatric ophthalmologist. Early life and education Young was born in Sacramento, California and is African-American. She attended Bowdoin College for her undergraduate education and graduated with bache ...

, American pediatric ophthalmologist * Terri Zemaitis, American volleyball player

Fictional characters

* Terri, a character from ''Amphibia'' * Terri Alden, ''Three's Company'' * Terri Helmandollar, a character from ''

The Loud House ''The Loud House'' is an American animated sitcom created by Chris Savino that premiered on Nickelodeon on May 2, 2016. The series revolves around the chaotic everyday life of a boy named Lincoln Loud, who is the middle child and only son in a ...

'' * Terri Joe, the fictional alter ego of American influencer

Psyiconic Kelon Campbell (born July 17, 1995), known online as Psyiconic, is an American influencer and comedian. He is best known for portraying the satirical character of Terri Joe, a homophobic, racist, Southern and Christian woman, whom he rose to fam ...

* Terri Johnstone, ''River City'' *

Terri McGreggor '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore. ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is the fourth entry of the '' Degrassi'' television franchise created by Schuyler and Kit ...

, ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' * Terri Schuester, ''Glee'' * Terri Stivers, ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' * Terri Webber, ''General Hospital'' * Sherri and Terri, ''The Simpsons''

People with the last name Terri

* Salli Terri, a singer, arranger, recording artist, and songwriter

Tropical cyclones

Cyclone Terri (2001) In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...

Fictional characters

People with the last name Terri

Tropical cyclones

See also