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Berry

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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Berry

  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. 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.
  3. A place name:
    1. A town in Fayette County, Alabama, United States, named after Thompson Berry.
    2. A minor city in Harrison County, Kentucky, United States.
    3. A town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.
    4. A municipality in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
    5. A village in the City of Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia, named after Alexander Berry.
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Statistics
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  • 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

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From berry; also a pet form of Beryl, Berenice, or Berinthia.

Proper noun

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Berry

  1. (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

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From French Berry.

Proper noun

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Berry

  1. A former province in Centre-Val de Loire, France

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Cebuano

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Proper noun

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Berry

  1. a surname from English

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin Biturigum, genitive plural of Bituriges, the name of a Celtic tribe. The municipality is named after the Régiment de Berry.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɛ.ʁi/ ~ /be.ʁi/
  • Hyphenation: Ber‧ry
  • Rhymes: -i

Proper noun

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Berry m

  1. A region and former province in central France.
  2. A municipality of Abitibi, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.

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Tagalog

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Berry (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜒ)

  1. a surname from English

Statistics

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  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Berry is the 24,862nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 681 individuals.