Barry

Gender：
Pronounced： [ BAR-ee, BER-ee ]
Popularity：
Usage：Irish, English

Meaning & History：

Anglicized form of BAIRRE. It is also sometimes used as an Anglicized form of BERACH.

BAIRRE male Irish

FIONNBHARR male Irish

Means "fair hair", derived from Irish fionn "white, fair" and barr "head". Saint Fionnbharr of Cork was a 6th-century bishop who supposedly performed miraculous cures. The Barry Islands off Wales were named for him.

BARRFHIONN male Irish

Means "fair hair", derived from Gaelic barr "head" and fionn "white, fair".

BERACH male Irish

Derived from Gaelic biorach meaning "sharp". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint.

Names related to Barry：

FULL FORMS

IRISH: Barrfhionn, Barrfind, Finbar, Finbarr, Finnbar, Finnbarr, Fionnbarra, Fionnbharr

EQUIVALENTS

ENGLISH: Barrie, Barry, Berry

IRISH: Bairre, Barra, Barrie, Barry, Bearach, Berach

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

ENGLISH (BRITISH): Baz, Bazza