Terri
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Terri is an alternative spelling of Terry
. It is a common feminine given name
and is also a diminutive for Teresa
.
People with the name Terri include:
Terry
Terry is:* A surname from the medieval Norman given name Thierry, cognate of the English Derek* A male given name transferred back from the surname, or a diminutive of Terence or of any of its alternative forms...
. It is a common feminine given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
and is also a diminutive for Teresa
Teresa
Teresa, Theresa, and Therese are feminine given names. The name is thought to be derived from the Greek verb θήρίζεἰν therizein, meaning to harvest....
.
People with the name Terri include:
- Terri AllardTerri AllardTerri Allard is an American country/folk singer/songwriter from Virginia. Her most recent album, Makes No Sense, features a song she wrote together with Mary Chapin Carpenter....
, an American country/folk singer/songwriter - Terri BlackstockTerri BlackstockTerri Blackstock is a Christian fiction writer. Blackstock is known for her numerous published novels spanning across genre from Christian romances to Christian mystery/suspense. Terri Blackstock’s books have sold six million copies worldwide. Her suspense novels often grab a spot on the ECPA and...
, a Christian fiction writer - Terri BrosiusTerri BrosiusTerri Brosius is an American musician and voice actor, best known in computer gaming circles as the voice of SHODAN in the System Shock series.-Tribe:...
, an American musician and voice actor - Terri Lyne CarringtonTerri Lyne CarringtonTerri Lyne Carrington is a jazz drummer, composer, record producer and entrepreneur. She has played with jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Clark Terry, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Joe Sample, Al Jarreau, Yellowjackets, and many more...
, a jazz drummer, composer, and record producer - Terri ClarkTerri ClarkTerri Lynn Sauson , known professionally as Terri Clark, is a Canadian country music artist who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that year...
, a Canadian country music artist - Terri Colombino, an American actress
- Terri Lynn Doss, an American model and actress
- Terri DwyerTerri DwyerTeresa "Terri" Dwyer is an English actress. She is best known for her role in the in the British soap opera, Hollyoaks as Ruth Osborne.-Career:...
, an English actress - Terri-Rae ElmerTerri-Rae ElmerTerri-Rae Elmer is a radio news announcer for KFI AM 640, a talk radio station in Los Angeles, California. Elmer has worked at KFI since 1983...
, a radio news announcer - Terri FarleyTerri FarleyAmerican author Terri Farley is the author of Seven Tears into the Sea, and the The Phantom Stallion series for young readers and many nonfiction magazine articles....
, an American writer - Terri FieldsTerri FieldsTerri Fields is an award-winning book writer and teacher from Phoenix, Arizona. Fields teaches at Sunnyslope High School, where she developed her award winning reading program, Reading is Sweet....
, an American book writer and teacher - Terri GarberTerri GarberTerri Garber is an American actress.Her acting debut was in 1982, when she played Allison Linden on the soap opera Texas...
, an American actress - Terri GibbsTerri GibbsTeresa Fay "Terri" Gibbs is an American country music artist who was born blind. Between 1980 and 1990, she recorded seven studio albums, including four for MCA Records and one for Warner Bros. Records...
, a Grammy Award-nominated American country music artist - Terri HardinTerri HardinTerri Hardin is a Muppet puppeter, actress and stand-up comedienne.A child of a mixed marriage during an era where such marriages were frowned upon , Hardin learned to appreciate art at an early age from her Caucasian mother, a talented painter who worked in watercolors.As a grade school student,...
, a Muppet puppeter, actress and stand-up comedienne - Terri HawkesTerri HawkesTerri Hawkes is a Canadian actress. She first gained fame as a voice actress, her most definitive role being that of Sailor Moon for most of the first season, all of the second season, and all three movies...
, a Canadian actress - Terri HendrixTerri HendrixTerri Hendrix is a San Marcos, Texas-based contemporary folk singer-songwriter. In addition to releasing several albums on her own label, Wilory Records, she co-wrote the Dixie Chicks Grammy-winning instrumental, "Lil' Jack Slade".- Awards :...
, contemporary folk singer-songwriter from Texas - Terri IrwinTerri IrwinTheresa Penelope "Terri" Irwin, AM is an Australian-based, American-born naturalist, author, the widow of Australian naturalist Steve Irwin and owner of Australia Zoo at Beerwah, Queensland, Australia...
, an Australian, American-born naturalist, author, and owner of Australia Zoo at Beerwah, Queensland, Australia - Terri IvensTerri IvensTerri Ivens is an American actress.Ivens is best known for her portrayal of Simone Torres on All My Children — a role she originated in October 2001 and portrayed until December 2006.Her feature film credits include; Jimmy Hollywood, with Joe Pesci, and Marked for Death, with Steven Seagal...
, an American actress - Terri JentzTerri JentzTerri Jentz is an American writer. She wrote Strange Piece of Paradise, about the attack she and a college friend from Yale University suffered in Cline Falls in 1977, while on a bicycle and camping trip; and how she, after 15 years, returned to Oregon to investigate the attack and come to terms...
, an American writer - Terri Kimball, an American model and Playmate of the Month
- Texas TerriTexas TerriTexas Terri, is a punk rock singer and songwriter originally from Austin, Texas. She has been in the rock 'n' roll business for over two decades....
(formerly Terri Laird), a punk rock singer and songwriter from Texas - Terri Lynn LandTerri Lynn LandTerri Lynn Land was the 41st secretary of the State of Michigan. Land graduated from Grandville High School, and later received a bachelor of arts in political science from Hope College in Holland, Michigan...
, a Michigan Secretary of State - Terri McCormickTerri McCormickTerri McCormick was a Wisconsin State Representative representing the 56th district in the northeastern part of the state from 2000 until 2007. She unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in Wisconsin's 8th congressional District in 2006, losing to John Gard...
, a Wisconsin State Representative - Terri MinskyTerri MinskyTerri Minsky is an American television writer and producer who created Lizzie McGuire, Less Than Perfect, and The Geena Davis Show as well as writing several episodes of Sex and the City...
, an American television writer and producer - Terri NunnTerri NunnTerri Kathleen Nunn , is an American singer and actress. She is best known as the lead vocalist of the New Wave band Berlin.-Biography:...
, an American singer and actress - Terri O'ConnellTerri O'ConnellTerri O'Connell is a former motorsports Racing Champion, Artist, and fashion model.-Life:Terri Leigh O'Connell, born July 7, 1964, in Corinth MS., won National Championships in Go-kart, Midget Cars and Sprint Car competitions across the country...
, a former motorsports racing champion - Terri PochTerri PochTerri Poch is an American bodybuilder and former professional wrestler, best known for her appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as Tori...
, an American bodybuilder and former professional wrestler - Terri PsiakisTerri PsiakisTerri Psiakis is an Australian comedienne and a presenter on radio and television.-Radio:Psiakis is a Saturday morning presenter on Melbourne radio station Triple M. Previously she was a casual presenter on Triple J, and her appearances most notably included co-presenting the Ross and Terri show...
, an Australian comedienne and a presenter on radio and television - Terri RogersTerri RogersTerri Rogers, born Ivan Southgate was a transsexual English ventriloquist and magician.Rogers was born in Ipswich and was a somewhat isolated youth but determined to build a career in variety...
, a transsexual English ventriloquist and magician - Terri RunnelsTerri RunnelsTerri Lynne Boatright Runnels is a former World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation professional wrestling manager, television host and occasional wrestler....
, a former World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation professional wrestling manager, television host and occasional wrestler - Terri SchiavoTerri SchiavoThe Terri Schiavo case was a legal battle in the United States between the legal guardians and the parents of Teresa Marie "Terri" Schiavo that lasted from 1998 to 2005...
, diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) for several years - Terri SeymourTerri SeymourTerri Seymour is a British television presenter and sometime actress.-Early life:She was born as Terri Louise Seymour in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, England in 1974...
, a British television presenter - Terri TreasTerri TreasTerri Treas is an American actress, writer and director. She has starred in films and on television. Terri is best known for her role as Newcomer Cathy Frankel on the Fox Network short-lived science fiction series Alien Nation and in the five movies produced subsequent to the TV series which...
, an American actress, writer and director - Terri UtleyTerri Utley-External links:**...
, a beauty queen and motivational speaker - Terri J. VaughnTerri J. VaughnTerri J. Vaughn is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her role as high school secretary Lovita Alizé Jenkins-Robinson on the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show. Vaughn also portrayed first-grade teacher Jonelle Abrahams on the UPN/CW sitcom All of Us...
, an American film and television actress - Terri WalkerTerri WalkerTerri Walker is an English R&B and soul singer–songwriter. Walker has released three albums in the United Kingdom, Untitled, L.O.V.E, and I Am. She also provided the majority of the vocals for Shanks & Bigfoot's debut album Swings & Roundabouts...
, an English R&B and soul singer-songwriter - Terri Sue WebbTerri Sue WebbTerri Sue Webb is an activist living in Bend, Oregon, who was one of few activists in the United States active in The Freedom to be Yourself campaign. She has been imprisoned and released multiple times for public nudity. On several occasions, she has remained fully nude while incarcerated, often...
, an activist - Terri WellesTerri WellesTerri Welles is an American actress and adult model.Welles was born in Santa Monica, California. She first appeared on the cover of the May 1980 issue of Playboy, wearing a flight attendant costume to illustrate a pictorial on stewardesses...
, an American actress and adult model - Terri WindlingTerri WindlingTerri Windling is an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults. Windling has won nine World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and her collection The Armless Maiden appeared on the short-list for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award...
, an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults
Fictional characters
- Terri AldenTerri AldenTerri Alden is a major fictional character during the final three seasons of the sitcom Three's Company, born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. She is played by Priscilla Barnes and is the third "token blonde" on the show ; however, she works as a registered nurse and is portrayed as far less "ditzy"...
, Three's Company - Terri Johnstone, River City
- Terri McGreggor, Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Terri SchuesterTerri SchuesterTerri Schuester is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actress Jessalyn Gilsig, and has appeared in Glee from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Terri was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian...
, Glee - Terri StiversTerri StiversTerri Stivers is a fictional police detective of the Baltimore Police Department on Homicide: Life on the Street. She was played by actress Toni Lewis....
, Homicide: Life on the Street - Terri Webber, General Hospital
- Sherri and Terri, The Simpsons
People with the last name Terri
- Jan TerriJan TerriJan Terri is a musician from Chicago who gained notoriety for her VHS music videos. She recorded two albums, High Risk and Baby Blues in the early 90s, along with VHS cassettes including her music videos, which became popular on YouTube...
, a former musician from Chicago - Salli TerriSalli TerriSalli C. Terri was a singer, arranger, recording artist, and songwriter.-Biography:...
, a singer, arranger, recording artist, and songwriter