Teri
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A diminutive of the female given name Teresa
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈtɛɹi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Teri is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In North Korea it is the 70th most common given name.
- USUnited States1 in 882as Terry(measured from records)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 2Kas Terri
- CACanada≈1 in 2Kas Terri
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Teri itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #596 (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 555 (measured from records)
- 1 in 882 (inferred from the name graph)
≈480,000 named Terri, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United States, as Terry
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Terri in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 2 more, Terrie in CN China and Terry in KP North Korea.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A diminutive of the female given name Teresa.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Teri counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈480,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | — | Terrie | 24 |
| US United States | #239 | 376,955as Terry | 1 in 882 | 300K | Terri | 555 |
| GB United Kingdom | #347 | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | 1.8K | Terri | 212 |
| CA Canada | #244 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | 2 | Terri | 211 |
| IT Italy | #539 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | listed | Terri | 40 |
| KP North Korea | #70 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | — | Terry | 8 |
| NZ New Zealand | #252 | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 2K | 23 | Terri | 82 |
| GY Guyana | — | 436as Terry | 1 in 1.7K | 436 | — | 6 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Teri is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, redução popular e coloquial de Gualtieri
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In Hungarian, a diminutive of the female given names Teréz or Terézia
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, present passive infinitive of terō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In sas, very small sea sprat, eaten dried
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Malay, a small anchovy, Stolephorus tri
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Teri Shieldsb. 1933USAmerican actress, film producer, socialite, and former model (1933-2012)
- Teri McMinnb. 1951USAmerican actress
- Teri Austinb. 1957CACanadian actress
- Teri Ann Linnb. 1961USAmerican actress and singer
- Teri Copleyb. 1961USAmerican actress
- Teri Weigelb. 1962USAmerican pornographic actress and model
- Teri Hatcherb. 1964USAmerican actress
- Teri Polob. 1969USAmerican actress
- Teri Reevesb. 1981USAmerican actress
- Teri Marie Harrisonb. 1981USAmerican actress and model
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 51 sources across 27 countries.
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Teri a male or female name?
- Teri is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Teri mean, and where does it come from?
- A diminutive of the female given name Teresa. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Teri?
- In the etymology graph, Teresa, Theresa and Tracy are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Teri?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈtɛɹi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Teri have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 485 thousand people named Terri in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Teri most common?
- No national register we hold counts the spelling Teri itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is United States's: the national register counts about 1 in 882 people named Terry.
- How common is the name Teri?
- In the United States, the national register counted 376,955 people named Terry in 2020, about 1 in 882 residents.
- How common is Teri compared with other names?
- In North Korea, Teri is the 70th most common given name of 2,746 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Teri?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/teriThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Teri” — the 70th most common given name in North Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.