Given name
Terryl
“one who is stubborn”·“a powerful man”·“one who is vivacious and bright”
Terryl is a variant of Terrell. Interpretations include “one who is stubborn” and “a powerful man”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Terryl is a variant of Teryl. One English interpretation is “one who is vivacious and bright.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Terryl is a variant of Terrell. Interpretations include “one who is stubborn” and “a powerful man”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Terryl is a variant of Teryl. One English interpretation is “one who is vivacious and bright.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Terryl is a variant of Terrell. Terrell has been associated with French and German naming traditions. Terryl is a variant of Teryl. An origin associated with Teryl is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1935. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Terryl through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,457
- 740 boys · 717 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 64 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 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 26 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,303 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.
Terryl’s family of names
Terryl has a related form in Terrell. Terryl has a related form in Teryl.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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