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Barry

proper nounproper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈbaɹɪj//
  • Australia//ˈbæɹi//
  • New Zealand//ˈbɛɹi//
  • //ˈbæɹi//
  • //ˈbɛɹi//

A male given name from Irish.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A male given name from Irish.

    Above left, Kathryn Bigelow with the cinemaphotographer Barry Ackroyd on the set of “The Hurt Locker.

  2. 2

    A surname from Irish derived from the given name, or from place names in Scotland and Wales.

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Bairre, short form of Fionnbharr, from fionn (“white”) + barr (“head”).

proper noun

  1. 1

    Any of a number of places: A coastal town and community with a town council in Vale of Glamorgan borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1167).

  2. 2

    Any of a number of places: A village near Carnoustie, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO5334).

  3. 3

    Any of a number of places: A commune in Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitania, France.

  4. 4

    Any of a number of places: A small village in Blayney council area, New South Wales, Australia.

  5. 5

    Any of a number of places: A locality in the Tamworth council area and the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

  6. 6

    Any of a number of places: A place in the United States: A city and township in Pike County, Illinois.

  7. 7

    Any of a number of places: A place in the United States: A township in Barry County, Michigan.

  8. 8

    Any of a number of places: A place in the United States: A township in Pine County, Minnesota.

  9. 9

    Any of a number of places: A place in the United States: A minor city in Big Stone County, Minnesota.

  10. 10

    Any of a number of places: A place in the United States: A township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

  11. 11

    Any of a number of places: A place in the United States: A minor city in Navarro County, Texas.

Etymology

In Wales, said to be named after Saint Baruc, who was buried on Barry Island, from Welsh Barrwg, a name of uncertain origin but possibly related to Irish barr (“hill, summit”).

proper noun

  1. 1

    A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.

  2. 2

    A diminutive of the male given name Barack.

Etymology

Diminutive forms with -y.

Forms

plural
Barrys
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).