Barry

Irish

"spear"

Barry Origin and Meaning

The name Barry is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "spear".

This Anglicized form of Bearach or short form of Finbarr was in the Top 200 in the USA for 50 years until the early 80s when it rapidly fell out of favor. Barry has not yet found popularity in the modern era - but that may well change as people rediscover their love of classic figures like musician Barry White, baseballer Barry Bonds or even Barack Obama, whose nickname as a young man was Barry.

Barry Rank in US Top 1000

# 962 in the US

Barry Popularity

• 1106 Nameberry 2024
• 643 Unique 2023

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Famous People Named Barry

• Barry Robert Pepper Canadian actor
• Barry Morris Goldwater U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate
• Barry Alan Manilow American pop singer
• (John) Barry Humphries aka Dame Edna Australian comedian
• Barry Williams (born Barry William Blenkhorn) American actor
• Barry Eugene White American R&B singer
• Barry Alan Crompton Gibb British musician of The Bee Gees
• Barry Lamar Bonds American baseball player
• Michael Barrett "Barry" Watson American actor
• Barry Adrian Reese aka Cassidy American rapper
• Barry Knapp Bostwick American actor
• Barry Charles Diller American media mogul
• Barry Fitzgerald stage name of William Joseph Shields, Irish actor
• Barry Corbin (born Leonard Barrie Corbin) American actor
• Barry James Marshall American physician; winner of the Nobel Prize
• Barry William Zito American baseball player
• Barry Hall Australian rules footballer
• Barry Clinton Windham American pro wrestler
• Barry Mann American songwriter
• Barry childhood nickname of U.S. President Barack Obama

Barry in Pop Culture

• Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen aka The Flash character in The Flash comics and TV series
• Barry "Baz" Dragonsbane character from TV series "The Worst Witch"
• Barry Burton character from the Resident Evil series
• Barry Barry character on British TV show Waterloo Road
• Barry Egan character in movie "Punch,Drunk Love"
• Barry Plotkin character in movie "Pushing Tin"
• Barry Frost character in the Rizzoli & Isles series by Tess Gerritsen
• Barry rival character in the Pokemon video games
• Barry Maple Police Officer on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
• Barry Eisenberg character on TV's "Best Friends Whenever"
• Barry Bluejeans character from the podcast "The Adventure Zone"
• Barry Berkman/Block title character of TV's "Barry"
• Barry Robinson character on TV's "American Dad"
• Barry Evans character on British soap "EastEnders"
• Barry Kripke a character on TV's The Big Bang Theory
• Barry Lyndon title character of The Luck of Barry Lyndon and 1975 film Barry Lyndon
• Barry McKenzie Australian comic strip and movie character