Given name
Terriss
“the son of Terence”
Terriss is a variant of Teris. One Irish interpretation is “the son of Terence.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Terriss is a variant of Teris. One Irish interpretation is “the son of Terence.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Terriss is a variant of Teris. An origin associated with Teris is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Terriss through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 12 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1971. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Terriss’s family of names
Terriss has a related form in Teris.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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>99% boys