Thierry
Thierry is a French male given name, derived from the Germanic "Theodoric". It is the cognate of German "Dietrich" and "Dieter", Italian and Spanish Teodorico, English Derek and Derrick, and of various forms in other European languages. It is also a surname.
Meaning & Origin of Thierry
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Thierry is a French male given name, derived from the Germanic "Theodoric". It is the cognate of German "Dietrich" and "Dieter", Italian and Spanish Teodorico, English Derek and Derrick, and of various forms in other European languages. It is also a surname.
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The Story of Thierry
Thierry first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1947, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 40 Thierrys were born — ranking #2,920 that year. As of 2026, Thierry ranks #5,572 for baby boys with 17 births, holding steady (-3%). In total, more than 869 Thierrys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Thierry
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- Theodoric of Mont d'Hor (died 533), also known as Saint Thierry (or Theudric, Thierri)
- Theodoric of Freiberg (c. 1250–c. 1310), also known as Thierry, early Dominican
- Thierry of Chartres (died before 1155), French philosopher
- Theodoric I, Duke of Upper Lorraine (ruled 978–1027)
- Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine (ruled 1070–1115)
- Theuderic II (587–613), king of Burgundy and Austrasia
- Thierry, Count of Flanders (c. 1099–1168), also known as Derrick or Thierry of Alsace
- Thierry Ambrose (born 1997), French footballer
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About the name Thierry
Thierry is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1947 and has accumulated 869 births in the dataset. Thierry's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #2,368. Use the chart and map above to compare Thierry's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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