Berry
See also: berry
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛɹi
Etymology 1 edit
Variant of Bury and (in dialects with Mary-marry-merry merger) Barry. The given name is also a pet form of names beginning with Ber-.
Proper noun edit
Berry
- A surname from Middle English.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 1930 P. G. Wodehouse, Big Money, Colliers' Weekly, Vol.86, page 110:
- "Beresford Conway. All my pals call me Berry."
- 1979, Berry Gordy, Movin' Up. Pop Gordy Tells His Story, Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 9:
- Since my father's name was Berry Gordy, he named me Berry Gordy. There's no middle name.
- 1930 P. G. Wodehouse, Big Money, Colliers' Weekly, Vol.86, page 110:
- A place name:
- A town in Fayette County, Alabama, United States, named after Thompson Berry.
- A minor city in Harrison County, Kentucky, United States.
- A town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A municipality in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
- A village in the City of Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia, named after Alexander Berry.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Berry is the 222nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 132,812 individuals. Berry is most common among White (70.66%) and Black/African American (23.11%) individuals.
Etymology 2 edit
From berry; also a pet form of Beryl, Berenice, or Berinthia.
Proper noun edit
Berry
- (rare) A female given name from English.
- 2002, James Hadley Chase, Not My Thing, House of Stratus, →ISBN, page 152:
- "I'm Beryl Shaddock. Call me Berry," the girl said.
- 2005, Sandra-Kay Austin, The Old Man's Secret, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 34:
- "What's with your dad calling you 'Berry' anyway? What kind of name is 'Berry'?" "Oh, it's short for Huckleberry," she replied, as if that explained everything.
Etymology 3 edit
Proper noun edit
Berry
- A former province in Centre-Val de Loire, France
Anagrams edit
Cebuano edit
Proper noun edit
Berry
- a surname from English
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin Biturigum, genitive plural of Bituriges, the name of a Celtic tribe. The municipality is named after the Régiment de Berry.
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Berry m
- A region and former province in central France.
- A municipality of Abitibi, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
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Tagalog edit
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Proper noun edit
Berry (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜒ)
- a surname from English
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Berry is the 24,862nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 681 individuals.