Thierry

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Thierry is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name66K records spelled Thierry13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, Brazil, Belgium

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Thièrry, Thiërry, Thiérry, Thieŕry, Thîērry

• Polish given name2.1K records spelled Thierry10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Russia, Belgium, Switzerland

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Тьерри, Тьєррі, Т’еры, Thiérry, Т'Єррі

• Malagasy given name1.3K records spelled Thierry4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Madagascar, Indonesia, United States, Belgium

  Languages: Malagasy, Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Thiérry

71 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Thierry is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• From Germanic Theodoric ‘people ruler’. Compare English }Terry in main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In French, a male given name, equivalent to English Theodoric or Derek

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, De Théodoric; origine germanique, « peuple roi ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Du germanique Theodoric, « souverain du peuple ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• French form of the Germanic name Theodoric ; See also TERRY , DIETRICH , and DEREK .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

GP INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe) — 63 years between 1905–2007. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Theuderic Ib. 485not in their usual nameFrankish King
• Theuderic IIb. 587FRnot in their usual nameKing of Burgundy
• Theuderic IIIb. 657FRnot in their usual nameKing of the Franks
• Theuderic IVb. 712not in their usual nameFrankish king
• Roman Polanskib. 1933FRnot in their usual nameFrench-Polish filmmaker (born 1933)
• Thierry Lhermitteb. 1952FRFrench actor, director and screenwriter
• Thierry Arbogastb. 1957FRFrench cinematographer
• Thierry Vigneronb. 1960FRFrench pole vaulter
• Thierry Laureyb. 1964FRFrench footballer
• Thierry Henryb. 1977FRFrench association football player and manager (born 1977)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 570 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Thierry?

We estimate roughly 297 thousand people bear Thierry (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Thierry have the most bearers?

We estimate about 289 thousand people bear Thierry in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled thierry.

Where is Thierry most common?

Thierry is densest in France, where the national register counts about 1 in 234 people carrying it.

How common is Thierry compared with other names?

In France, Thierry is the 48th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Thierry a male or female name?

Thierry is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Thierry mean?

Recorded meaning: from Germanic *theud- 'people' + *rīk- 'power, ruler'