Gentry is an English surname from the Old French genterie, "nobility" or "high birth", the same word that came to describe the landed gentry of England. As a first name it has a Southern and Western American flavor, in the company of Bentley, Stetson and Colt. Gentry stood at number 1644 in 2015, peaked at number 1185 in 2021 and ranks 1813 among boys' names in 2025.