Barry Meaning

What does Barry mean?

The name Barry is of Irish and Gaelic origin.

The meaning of Barry is "white head, fair haired".

Barry is generally used as a boy's name.

It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables and is pronounced Ba-rry.

The name Barry is an anglicized form of the Gaelic name Barra from the Old Irish Bairre which is a short form of Bairrfhionn, Fionnbharr.

It is derived from the Gaelic elements fionn meaning "white, fair" and barr meaning "head".

Some famous bearers of this name include: Barry Bonds, and Barry Fitzgerald.

In the U.S. in 2018, it ranked 1,207 in baby name popularity for boys with 154 occurrences. Less than 5 girls were given the name.

In contrast, the year before it ranked 1,325 in baby name popularity for boys with 135 occurrences. Less than 5 girls were given the name.

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Barry is a form of Barra.

Variants of the name Barry include Barey, Bari, Barree, Barri, Barrie, Berry.

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