Terry

Proper noun

1. A surname originating as a patronymic from the medieval Norman given name Thierry, a cognate of the English Derek.
2. A male given name from the Germanic languages transferred back from the surname, or a diminutive of Terence or of any of its alternative forms.
   • Tao was a voracious consumer of fantasy books like Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. When a class was boring, he doodled intricate maps of imaginary lands. - 2015 July 24, Gareth Cook, “The Singular Mind of Terry...
3. A male given name from Latin derived from the Latin for the third ("tertius") given to a third child or a child whose name has the suffix III.
4. A female given name, diminutive of Teresa or any of its alternative forms.
5. A number of places in the United States:

   1. An unincorporated community in Leopold Township, Perry County, Indiana.

   2. A township in Finney County, Kansas.

   3. An unincorporated community in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana.

   4. A town in Hinds County, Mississippi.

   5. An unincorporated community in St. Clair County, Missouri.

   6. A ghost town in Pemiscot County, Missouri.

   7. A small town, the county seat of Prairie County, Montana.

   8. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, South Dakota.

   9. An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia.