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Barry
Say it: BAIR-ee
Meaning
From Irish Barra, a short form of Fionnbharr 'fair head'; partly also from the Norman-Welsh surname de Barri.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in Ireland, Britain and the US from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1960s
In the United States
- 181,430 babies given this name since 1883
- At its height in 1962, about 1 in 314 boys
- 132 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Barrie
| Irish | Barra |
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Famous bearers
- Barry Goldwater, US senator
- Barry White, American singer
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- The Irish annals and early Irish literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.