As a given name, Gentry is of American origin. It was taken from an originally French surname, that is also found in the US. The surname developed from the Old French word ‘genterie’ for ‘noble’ or ‘high-born’.
Gentry is a unisex first name. It is given slightly more often to boys than to girls.
Few children have been named Gentry in recent years. Although it is used several times each year, only approximately 7 out of 100,000 children are currently called Gentry. Whether you’re a boy or a girl, you will most likely be the only person with the special name Gentry at your school. In our SmartGenius ranking, Gentry is number *** on the list of most common first names.
As a given name, Gentry is of American origin. It was taken from an originally French surname, that is also found in the US. The surname developed from the Old French word ‘genterie’ for ‘noble’ or ‘high-born’.
The English word 'gentle',... which today means 'kind, tender', has the same origin. Over time, 'gentle' underwent a shift in meaning.
While Gentry isn't one of the most popular names of all time, it seems to be attracting more and more parents in the 21st century. In 2021 the name Gentry reached its highest popularity with #1,665 in our ranking of all first names. Because it's so exquisite, moms and dads haven't always thought of naming their child Gentry (or at least not more than four in some years as there must be at least five newborns named Gentry to appear in the official statistics). Using these criteria, the first name Gentry has been given to babies in 115 of the 143 years since records began, making kids with this name still very special today.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Gentry was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
In 2022, 253 babies were born with the name Gentry. This puts the name in rank 1,899 in the SmartGenius statistics - or in other words, one in 1,306,727 newborns was named Gentry that year. Ever since first names have been registered, Gentry has been and remains marvelously unusual!
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter G is not particularly common as a first letter for given names: only 2.4% of all common first names in the US begin with a G. The most common initial letters for first names are A and J, while U and X are the least common first letters of given names.
With six letters, the name Gentry is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
This means that if 2.4% of all first names begin with a G, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average.
If your name is Gentry and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Gentry, you can simply say:
Goat
Elephant
Nut
Tiger
Rocket
Yoyo
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Gentry
Gentry
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
G
E
N
T
R
Y
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
G
E
N
T
R
Y
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Gentry sounds like this:
