Given name & surname
Teri
Teri is a feminine given name. It is used in English and Hungarian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Teri is a diminutive of Teresa. In Hungarian usage, Teri is a diminutive of Teréz.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Teri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44,171
- 214 boys · 43,957 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 2,339 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #13,071 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +30%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,071 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,329 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 38,647 as a first name in 2020; 166 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.
Teri’s family of names
In English usage, Teri is a diminutive of Teresa. In English usage, Teri has a related form in Terry. In Hungarian usage, Teri is a diminutive of Teréz.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Teri has relatives in 3 languages.
6 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Teri
- Teri HatcherAmerican actressborn 1964
- Teri PoloAmerican actressborn 1969
- Teri McMinnAmerican actressborn 1951
- Teri ReevesAmerican actressborn 1981
- Teri HarrisonAmerican actress and modelborn 1981
- Teri CopleyAmerican actressborn 1961
- Teri ThorntonAmerican jazz singer (1934–2000)
- Teri TordaiHungarian actressborn 1941
- Teri AustinCanadian actressborn 1957
Characters named Teri: Teri Bauer (the television series 24).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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