Berry

Berry

See also: berry

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛɹi
  • Homophones: berry, bury
  • Homophone: Barry (only in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger), beary (only in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger)

Etymology 1

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

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.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Berry is the 222^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 132,812 individuals. Berry is most common among White (70.66%) and Black (23.11%) individuals.

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

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

From French Berry.

Proper noun

Berry

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

Anagrams

• Bryer

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Proper noun

Berry

1. a surname from English

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French

Etymology

From Latin Biturigum, genitive plural of Bituriges, the name of a Celtic tribe.

The municipality is named after the Régiment de Berry.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Berry m

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

Derived terms

• Berryen, Berryenne

Related terms

• berrichon