Gerry is both a surname and a masculine or feminine given name. As a given name, it is often a short form (hypocorism) of Gerard, Gerald or Geraldine. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814), fifth US vice president (1813–1814) after whom the term gerrymander was named Ann Gerry (1763–1849), wife of Elbridge Thomas Russell Gerry (1794–1848), son of Elbridge and Ann Elbridge Thomas Gerry (1837–1927), American lawyer and reformer, son of Thomas Peter G. Gerry (1879–1957), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, great grandson of Elbridge Edith Stuyvesant Gerry (1873–1958), American philanthropist and wife of Peter Elbridge T. Gerry Sr. (1908–1999), American banker and polo player, great-great grandson of the vice president Robert L. Gerry Jr. (1911–1979), American polo player, brother of Elbridge Sr Robert L. Gerry III (born 1937), American businessman, son of Robert L. Jr Alan Gerry (born 1929), American billionaire and founder of Cablevision Industries Elbridge Gerry (Maine politician) (1813–1886), American lawyer and politician Eloise Gerry (1885–1970), American forestry research scientist Nathan Gerry (born 1995), American football player Robert Gerry (politician) (1858–1931), American politician