Given name & surname
Berry
“resembling a berry fruit”
Berry is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “resembling a berry fruit.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “resembling a berry fruit.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Berry is used as a feminine counterpart of Barry.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Berry through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,107
- 5,737 boys · 370 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 108 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,290 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +40%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 77% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,290 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 108 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,849 as a first name in 2020; 127,443 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Berry’s family of names
In English usage, Berry is an affectionate form of Berenice. Berry is a feminine form of Barry. Berry has a related form in Beri.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 19
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Berry
- Berry GordyAmerican record producer, founder of Motown Recordsborn 1929
- Berry van AerleDutch footballer (born 1962)
- Berry BickleZimbabwean artistborn 1959
- Berry KroegerAmerican actor (1912-1991)
- Berry JohnstonAmerican poker playerborn 1935
- Berry PowelDutch footballerborn 1980
- Berry NieuwenhuysAssociation footballer (1911-1984)
- Berry AngriawanIndonesian badminton playerborn 1991
- Berry L. CannonAmerican electronics engineer, aquanaut (1935–1969)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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