Berry

A surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • Beresford Conway. All my pals call me Berry. - 1930 P. G. Wodehouse, Big Money, Colliers' Weekly, Vol.86, page 110
    • Since my father's name was Berry Gordy, he named me Berry Gordy. There's no middle name. - 1979, Berry Gordy, Movin' Up. Pop Gordy Tells His Story, Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 9:
  3. A place name:

    1. A town in Fayette County, Alabama, United States, named after Thompson Berry.

    2. A minor city in Harrison County, Kentucky, United States.

    3. A town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.

    4. A municipality in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.

    5. A village in the City of Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia, named after Alexander Berry.

Origin

Variant of Bury and (in dialects with Mary-marry-merry merger) Barry. The given name is also a pet form of names beginning with Ber-.

Derived

Berry Hill Berry Pomeroy

Proper noun rare

  1. A female given name from English.
    • "I'm Beryl Shaddock. Call me Berry," the girl said. - 2002, James Hadley Chase, Not My Thing, House of Stratus, →ISBN, page 152:
    • "What's with your dad calling you 'Berry' anyway? What kind of name is 'Berry'?" "Oh, it's short for Huckleberry," she replied, as if that explained everything. - 2005, Sandra-Kay Austin, The Old Man's Secret, Trafford...

Origin

From berry; also a pet form of Beryl, Berenice, or Berinthia.

Proper noun Entry 3

  1. A former province in Centre-Val de Loire region, France.

Origin

From French Berry.