Terry is a unisex given name, derived from French Thierry and Theodoric. It can also be used as a diminutive nickname for the names Teresa or Theresa (feminine) or Terence (given name), Terence or Terrier (masculine).

People

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* Terry Albritton (1955–2005), American shot putter, world record holder in 1976 * Terry Antonis (born 1993), Australian association football player * Terry A. Davis, (1969–2018), American programmer * Terry Baddoo, CNN journalist * Terry Balsamo (born 1972), American lead guitarist for the rock band Evanescence * Terry Beckner (born 1997), American football player * Terry Bollea (born 1953), professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan * Terry Bowden (born 1956), American football coach and former player * Terry Bradshaw (born 1948), American former National Football League quarterback * Terry Branstad (born 1946), American politician * Terry Brooks (born 1944), American fantasy writer * Terry Brooks (basketball) (born c. 1968), American college basketball player * Terry Brunk (born 1964), professional wrestler known as "Sabu" * Terry Byrne (born 1966), English football manager and businessman * Terry Caldwell (born 1938), English footballer * Terry Callier (1945–2012), American jazz and folk singer and guitarist * Terry Carpenter (1900–1978), American politician * Terry Cochrane (born 1953), Northern Irish footballer * Terry Cochrane (Canadian football) (born 1963), Canadian football player * Terry Coldwell, member of the pop group East 17 * Terry Cooper (footballer, born 1944), English footballer * Terry Connor (born 1962), English football assistant manager and former coach and player * Terry Crews (born 1968), American actor and retired football player * Terry Daniel, American college football punter (1992–1994) * Terry Deitz (born 1959) American Survivor contestant and television host * Terry Dubrow (born 1958), American plastic surgeon and television personality * Terry Etim (born 1986), English professional mixed martial artist currently signed to the UFC * Terry Fair (basketball) (1960–2020), American-Israeli professional basketball player * Terry Farnsworth (born 1942), Canadian Olympic judoka * Terry Fator (born 1965), American singing ventriloquist * Terry Fontenot (born 1980), American football executive * Terry Fox (1958–1981), Canadian athlete and activist * Terry Francona (born 1959), American professional baseball manager and former player * Terry Funk (born 1944), American professional wrestler * Terry Gilliam (born 1940), British-American film director, and Monty Python member * Terry Godwin (born 1996), American football player * Terry Goodkind (1948–2020), American fantasy author * Terry Haskins (1955–2000), American politician * Terry Jones (1942–2020), Welsh actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter, film director and Monty Python member * Terry Kath (1946–1978), American guitarist, singer and founding member of the band Chicago * Terry Kay (1938–2020), American writer * Terry Kelly (singer), Canadian singer-songwriter, speaker, and entertainer * Terry Kilgore (born 1961), American politician * Terry Kunz (born 1952), American football player * Terry Labonte (born 1956), American retired NASCAR driver * Terry Lin (born 1966), Taiwanese singer * Terry Malone, American football coach * Terry Manning, American music producer and engineer * Terry McAuliffe (born 1957), American politician; former Governor of Virginia and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee * Terry McDermott (born 1951), English footballer * Terry McEniff, Irish hotelier and politician * Terry McGroom (1966–2016), American boxer * Terry McLaurin (born 1996), American football player * Terry Metcalf (born 1951), American football player * Terry Moore (disambiguation), multiple people * Terry Moran (born 1959), American journalist, former co-anchor of the news show ''Nightline'' * Terry Moran (public servant) (born 1947), Australian senior public servant * Terry Nation, Welsh screenwriter and novelist, creator of the Daleks and Davros for Doctor Who * Terry Nichols, US convicted accomplice in the Oklahoma City bombing * Terry O'Quinn (born 1952), American actor best known for playing John Locke on the TV series ''Lost'' * Terry Pilkadaris (born 1973), Australian golfer * Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), English fantasy author known for the ''Discworld'' book series * Terry Richardson (born 1965), American fashion photographer * Terry Richardson (ice hockey) (born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player * Terry Richardson (rugby league), English rugby league footballer in the 1970s and 1980s * Terry Rozier (born 1994), American basketball player * Terry Sanford (1917–1998), American politician and educator, Governor of North Carolina (1961–1965) * Terry Saul (1921–1976), Choctaw/Chickasaw illustrator, painter, muralist, commercial artist, and educator. * Terry Schofield (born 1948), American basketball player and coach * Terry Stotts (born 1957), American basketball coach * Terry Sweeney (born 1950), American actor, writer and comedian on ''Saturday Night Live'' * Terry Sue-Patt (1964–2015), British actor * Terry Teachout (1956–2022), American author, critic, biographer, playwright, stage director, and librettist. * Terry Virgo (born 1940), a leader in the British New Church Movement * Terry Wogan (1938–2016), Irish-British broadcaster and television personality * Terry Yorath (born 1950), Welsh former football manager and player * Terry Zwigoff (born 1949), American documentary and feature film director

Female

* Terry Alderete (1945–2013), American businesswoman * Terry Babcock-Lumish (born 1976), American professor * Terry Baum (born 1946), American playwright * Terry Bellamy, American former mayor * Terry Bergeson (born 1942), American educator * Terry Berkowitz, American video artist * Terry Berlier (born 1972), American artist and sculptor * Terry Beyer (born 1951), American politician * Terry Braunstein (artist) (born 1942), American photomontage artist * Terry Castle (born 1953), American scholar * Terry Cole-Whittaker (born 1939), American writer * Terry Acebo Davis (born 1953), Filipino-American artist and nurse * Terry Dexter (born 1978), American singer-songwriter * Terry Van Duyn (born 1951), Democratic politician * Terry Ehret (born 1955), American poet * Terry Ellis (born 1963), American singer * Terry Farrell (actress) (born 1963), American actress * Terry Finn (born 1955), American actress * Terry Fulmer, American gerontologist * Terry Gabreski (born 1952), American vice commander * Terry Van Ginderen (1931–2018), Flemish television presenter * Terry Hu (born 1953), Taiwanese actress, writer and translator * Terry Huntingdon (born 1940), American film actress * Terry Irwin (designer), American designer * Terry D. Johnston (born 1947), American politician and businesswoman * Terry Karl (born 1947), American professor * Terry Moore (actress) (born 1929), American film actress * Terry M. McGovern (born 1961), American activist * Terry McMillan (born 1951), American novelist * Terry Meza (born 1949), American politician * Terry Neese, American political figure * Terry O'Flaherty, Irish mayor * Terry a. O'Neal (born 1973), American writer * Terry Oroszi (born 1966), American author * Terry Orr-Weaver, American molecular biologist * Terry Plank (born 1963), American volcanologist * Terry Pheto (born 1981), South African actress * Terry Reintke (born 1987), German politician * Terry Spear, American author * Terry Underwood (born 1944), Australian author * Terry Wahls (born 1955), American physician * Terry Tempest Williams (born 1955), American writer

Fictional characters

* Terry, a character from ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' * Terry, a Pterosaur, pterodactyl boss character from the video game ''Banjo Tooie'' * Terry Bernadino, a character from ''Reno 911!'' * Terry Bogard, from SNK's ''Fatal Fury'' and ''The King of Fighters'' video games * Terry Carmichael, a character in the 1996 John Woo film ''Broken Arrow (1996 film), Broken Arrow'' * Terry Boot, minor character from the ''Harry Potter'' series of novels, by J. K. Rowling * Terry Chaney, main female character in ''Final Destination (film), Final Destination'' * Terry Collier, fictional character in ''The Likely Lads'' sitcoms and film * Terry "The Toad" Fields, a character in the 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama movie ''American Graffiti#Cast, American Graffiti'' * Terrance "Terry" Hawthorne, a character in the 1985 American adventure comedy film ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure#Cast, Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' * Terry Ives, mother of Eleven (Stranger Things), Eleven in the television series Stranger Things, ''Stranger Things'' * Terry Kimple, a character from ''The Cleveland Show'' * Terry Lee, main character of the comic strip ''Terry and the Pirates (comic strip), Terry and the Pirates'' * Terry Malloy, main protagonist of the 1954 crime drama film ''On the Waterfront'' * Terry McCann, from the TV series Minder (TV series), ''Minder'' played by Dennis Waterman * Terry McScotty, one of the main characters in the anime series ''Battle B-Daman'' * Batman (Terry McGinnis), Terry McGinnis, main character in ''Batman Beyond'' * Terry Milkovich, from ''Shameless (British TV series), Shameless'' * Terry Silver, a character in the 1989 American martial arts drama film ''The Karate Kid Part III#Cast, The Karate Kid Part III'' * Terry the Tomboy, from ''AwesomenessTV (TV series), AwesomenessTV'' * Terry Williams (Hollyoaks), Terry Williams, a character in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * Scary Terry, from ''Rick and Morty'' * Terry, from the novel ''Hatchet (novel), Hatchet'' * Terry, from the 2013 animated film ''Monsters University'' * Terry, from the 2020 animated film ''Soul (2020 film), Soul'' * Terry Benedict, casino owner, the main antagonist in the ''Ocean's (franchise), Ocean's'' trilogy''

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