Thierry

Primarily a boy's name · 96% boys

Meaning

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.

From Wikipedia

Thierry first appears in the data in 1947 and has been recorded in 62 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2007 with 40 babies (rank #2,970 that year). In 2024 it was given to 17 boys (rank #5,616). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Thierry

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Thierry yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4Destiny numberThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

867

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Thierry

Thierry Henrysports commentator · b. 1977
Thierry Omeyerhandball player · b. 1976
Thierry BoutsenFormula One driver · b. 1957
Thierry Lhermittefilm actor · b. 1952
Thierry Bretonscience fiction writer · b. 1955

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1947	5	#4,219
1956	6	#3,901
1957	9	#3,004
1958	7	#3,534
1959	9	#3,025
1960	11	#2,673
1962	8	#3,283
1963	8	#3,299
1964	10	#2,833
1965	12	#2,464
1966	8	#3,223
1967	9	#2,968
1969	9	#3,293
1970	12	#2,876
1971	9	#3,632
1972	8	#3,929
1975	12	#3,225
1976	7	#4,882
1977	8	#4,550
1979	8	#4,807
1981	6	#6,183
1982	7	#5,567
1984	11	#3,903
1985	11	#4,025
1986	11	#4,105
1987	7	#6,028
1988	8	#5,700
1989	11	#4,786
1990	13	#4,383
1991	11	#5,063
1992	10	#5,605
1993	6	#8,604
1994	7	#7,690
1995	7	#7,720
1996	12	#5,154
1997	8	#7,212
1999	9	#7,064
2000	19	#4,189
2001	16	#4,870
2002	19	#4,310
2003	10	#7,193
2004	11	#6,930
2005	16	#5,255
2006	22	#4,357
2007	40	#2,970
2008	30	#3,642
2009	17	#5,529
2010	28	#3,799
2011	17	#5,407
2012	23	#4,372
2013	23	#4,298
2014	22	#4,518
2015	21	#4,686
2016	16	#5,765
2017	21	#4,730
2018	14	#6,305
2019	19	#5,133
2020	24	#4,262
2021	18	#5,314
2022	22	#4,685
2023	20	#5,043
2024	17	#5,616