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Berry
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berry
English
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Pronunciation
en berry bury ; Barry<aa:marry-merry> ; beary<aa:Mary-merry>
en ɛɹi 2
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
en Middle English.
en male surnames.
1930 P. G. Wodehouse, Big Money, Colliers' Weekly, Vol.86, page 110:
"Beresford Conway. All my pals call me Berry."
en 1979 w:Berry Gordy Movin' Up. Pop Gordy Tells His Story Harper & Row 0060220546 9 Since my father's name was Berry Gordy, he named me Berry Gordy. There's no middle name.
A place name:
en town co/Fayette County s/Alabama c/USA, named after Thompson Berry.
en minor city co/Harrison County s/Kentucky c/USA.
en town co/Dane County s/Wisconsin c/USA.
en municipality in regional county municipality:Suf/Abitibi p/Quebec c/Canada.
en village in the city:Pref/Shoalhaven s/New South Wales c/Australia, named after Alexander Berry.
Derived terms
en Berry Hill Berry Mountain Berry Pomeroy Faberry
Statistics
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
From en berry; also a pet form of en Beryl, en Berenice, or en Berinthia.
Proper noun
en rare en female English.
en 2002 w:James Hadley Chase Not My Thing House of Stratus 1842321153 152 "I'm Beryl Shaddock. Call me Berry," the girl said.
en 2005 Sandra-Kay Austin The Old Man's Secret Trafford Publishing 1412071941 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 en fr Berry.
Proper noun
en former province in adr/Centre-Val de Loire c/France.
Anagrams
en berry Bryer
en unisex given names
Cebuano
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb English
French
fr:
thumb
Etymology
fr la Biturigum, genitive plural of la Bituriges, the name of a fr cel - tribe. The municipality is named after the Régiment de Berry.
Pronunciation
fr Ber ry
fr i 2
Proper noun
m
fr r/and/former province in central c/France
fr municipality rcm/Abitibi r/Abitibi-Témiscamingue p/Quebec c/Canada
Derived terms
fr Berryen, fr Berryenne
Related terms
fr berrichon
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Beri
tl English
Statistics
Berry 24,862nd 681