Given name & surname
Terrin
“man of the earth”
Terrin is a variant of Terran. One English interpretation is “man of the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Terrin is a variant of Terran. One English interpretation is “man of the earth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Terrin is a variant of Terran. An origin associated with Terran is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Terrin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 970
- 576 boys · 394 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 48 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 28 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 936 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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>99% boys
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