Barry as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Barry

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The baby name Barry is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbæri/ (BAIR-ee).

Barry is Irish in Origin.

Gender: Male

Syllables: 2.0

Origin: Irish

Pronunciation: /ˈbæri/ (BAIR-ee)

What is the meaning of the name Barry ?

The baby name Barry is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbæri/ (BAIR-ee).

Barry is Irish in Origin.

Barry blends several streams of origin. In Ireland it serves as an Anglicized form of Baire/Bearach, linked either to barr “top, head” + fionn “fair,” yielding “fair-headed” (cf. Finbarr/Finbar), or to a root meaning “spear, sharp,” giving “spear-like, pointed.” It is also used as a short form of Fionnbharr/Finbarr, name of Cork’s patron saint. In Britain the name overlaps with the Norman-Welsh surname de Barry, from the place Barry in Glamorgan, ultimately linked to a Welsh word for “hill, height,” which later supplied the given name.

Usage rose in the English-speaking world in the mid-20th century, before fading after the 1980s. Variants and spellings include Barrie, Barri, Bari, and Berry; related Irish forms are Barra and Finbar/Finbarr. Meanings center on “fair-headed, top of the head” or “spear/point,” depending on the Irish root; the Welsh place-name route contributes the sense of “hill, height.”

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Name	Last Name(s)	Mother	Mother famous for	Fame Level	Father	Father famous for	Fame Level
Barry	Van Dyke				Dick Van Dyke	singer	★★★★★

Barry – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Boys	2025	#1	—	836
BF		0	#10	1	188
FJ	Boys	0	#17	1	603
BN		0	#32	1	2,297
NA		0	#32	2	2,537
ID		0	#37	3	2,238
MO		0	#45	8	2,706
AO		0	#58	19	2,729
CY		0	#59	2	1,632
LU		0	#65	2	2,830
CN		0	#74	12	3,857
JM		0	#76	12	3,714
JP		0	#77	1	4,057
BG		0	#82	1	1,799
TW		0	#88	13	4,523
QA		0	#103	4	7,011
PH		0	#105	6	5,607
HU		0	#115	1	1,675
CY	Boys	0	#118	12	3,473
OM		0	#119	3	6,215
BN	Boys	0	#123	11	6,332
EE	Boys	0	#125	1	2,087
ID	Boys	0	#128	8	4,130
GR		0	#134	2	3,911
PA		0	#138	1	3,797
LT	Boys	0	#150	2	2,166
MT	Girls	0	#153	1	3,773
BW	Boys	0	#154	1	4,685
RS	Boys	0	#154	1	2,277
TW	Boys	0	#154	93	7,111
AO	Boys	0	#157	88	5,568
HK	Boys	0	#160	878	12,905
CR		0	#161	5	5,526
JM	Boys	0	#165	114	6,876
MO	Boys	0	#167	57	5,842
MT	Boys	0	#173	7	4,064
PR	Boys	0	#174	5	2,508
CN	Boys	0	#176	163	9,639
AE		0	#181	7	10,220
NL	Boys	0	#181	2,366	5,873
Sweden	Boys	2021	#182	2	1,578
UY		0	#182	1	2,477
CZ		0	#185	2	3,154
RU		0	#194	1	3,641
AO	Girls	0	#195	15	4,575
DK		0	#206	1	5,198
PL		0	#210	3	2,600
SI	Boys	0	#211	1	3,402
LU	Boys	0	#212	9	4,970
BG	Boys	0	#218	3	3,850
NA	Boys	0	#218	18	6,830
PS		0	#219	8	5,692
IR		0	#231	1	4,221
NG		0	#232	33	5,926
SG		0	#233	37	11,010
HK		0	#236	118	8,483
ZA		0	#239	213	14,421
GH		0	#240	9	5,396
BD		0	#241	1	5,992
EC	Boys	0	#245	2	3,322
PT		0	#248	3	4,161
JP	Girls	0	#251	1	6,592
GR	Boys	0	#254	14	6,912
IL		0	#255	20	6,291
HR	Boys	0	#258	2	3,997
NL		0	#269	128	2,481
AF	Boys	0	#272	3	3,535
KZ	Boys	0	#273	17	6,578
JP	Boys	0	#284	14	7,909
SA		0	#286	10	10,560
TW	Girls	0	#288	2	8,139
CZ	Boys	0	#295	10	6,530
Canada	Boys	2024	#298	9	2,588
AL	Boys	0	#302	2	5,122
MY		0	#303	28	12,352
GH	Boys	0	#314	32	8,138
DK	Boys	0	#315	11	7,401
ZA	Boys	0	#333	1,806	25,619
PL	Boys	0	#334	7	6,459
GH	Girls	0	#335	3	6,973
PH	Boys	0	#336	48	11,440
QA	Girls	0	#343	1	15,378
PT	Boys	0	#347	21	7,951
MU	Boys	0	#348	10	8,477
CZ	Girls	0	#349	3	5,378
CN	Girls	0	#354	6	8,829
MU	Girls	0	#361	2	8,539
PL	Girls	0	#364	1	5,096
France	Boys	2021	#381	7	2,865
JO	Boys	0	#388	2	7,057
YE		0	#397	2	8,639
BO		0	#407	2	6,868
EG		0	#409	4	6,387
UY	Boys	0	#412	2	5,922
Finland	Boys	0	#413	15	2,041
OM	Girls	0	#421	4	15,987
CR	Boys	0	#425	63	10,188
PH	Girls	0	#429	1	13,098
Austria	Boys	0	#431	12	2,180
Spain		0	#436	17	2,326
NG	Boys	0	#436	830	16,906
MX		0	#445	1	8,339
SD	Boys	0	#458	9	10,523
CM	Boys	0	#463	88	12,054
PA	Boys	0	#469	13	9,305
PS	Boys	0	#469	80	10,655
PT	Girls	0	#469	3	7,952
RU	Boys	0	#476	30	12,621
AR	Boys	0	#479	5	7,628
SG	Boys	0	#480	224	17,960
LY		0	#489	47	12,703
GT	Boys	0	#494	6	7,625
IL	Boys	0	#502	106	10,983
CO		0	#510	1	7,768
IQ	Girls	0	#523	3	11,303
CM	Girls	0	#524	17	11,671
BH		0	#536	18	17,937
IR	Girls	0	#543	3	8,334
PS	Girls	0	#546	2	10,981
KW	Girls	0	#556	6	19,177
IR	Boys	0	#558	8	10,162
CR	Girls	0	#573	1	11,342
AE	Girls	0	#596	2	20,968
BD	Boys	0	#600	6	10,045
HK	Girls	0	#601	15	16,104
BO	Boys	0	#614	9	9,244
CL	Boys	0	#628	38	13,390
SG	Girls	0	#629	4	18,916
IL	Girls	0	#644	2	11,648
IQ	Boys	0	#650	18	13,071
Finland	Boys	2026	#667	16	3,552
QA	Boys	0	#674	34	18,093
LB		0	#683	8	13,263
IT		0	#692	23	4,183
Spain	Boys	0	#712	224	5,610
MY	Boys	0	#715	426	25,439
BR	Boys	0	#733	19	12,213
NG	Girls	0	#735	52	15,093
KW	Boys	0	#743	27	18,755
United States	Boys	2024	#763	130	7,044
SY		0	#764	4	11,684
PE	Boys	0	#826	53	14,506
Germany	Boys	0	#846	107	5,697
EG	Boys	0	#850	37	15,035
OM	Boys	0	#852	30	17,948
TN		0	#857	9	13,765
MX	Boys	0	#875	108	16,355
CO	Boys	0	#880	41	15,656
NL	Girls	0	#896	60	5,933
EG	Girls	0	#914	46	14,742
SA	Girls	0	#919	17	25,931
IN	Boys	0	#983	19	16,750
BR	Girls	0	#992	1	12,708
MA		0	#999	130	20,986
DZ		0	#1,010	167	20,130
PE	Girls	0	#1,010	1	14,861
AE	Boys	0	#1,025	68	22,615
MY	Girls	0	#1,067	6	24,821
ZA	Girls	0	#1,110	32	25,928
CO	Girls	0	#1,151	2	16,140
IT	Boys	0	#1,156	318	10,046
TR		0	#1,172	40	19,440
MX	Girls	0	#1,261	7	17,781
IT	Girls	0	#1,420	27	9,415
SA	Boys	0	#1,482	133	28,008

Barry is popular in 86 countries — most recent births per country:

Ireland

Scotland, United Kingdom

Canada

France

United States

Sweden

Austria

Germany

Spain

Finland

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