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.

# 962 in the US

Barry Rank in US Top 1000

Barry Popularity

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