Barry

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbæɹ.ɪ/

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• (General American) enPR: bărʹē
  • (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbæɹ.i/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɹ.i/, /ˈbeɹ.i/
• Rhymes: -æɹi
• Homophone: bari
• Homophones: berry, Berry, beary, bury (only in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger)

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

Barry (plural Barrys)

1. A male given name from Irish.
   • 2009 June 21, Manohla Dargis, “Action!”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

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

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

• 1844, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Luck of Barry Lyndon, University of Michigan Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page 44:

  I remembered that I had signed the documents Barry Redmond instead of Redmond Barry; but what else could I do? - - - "Hark ye, Mr Fitzsimons," said I; "I will tell you why I was obliged to alter my name - which is Barry, and the best name in Ireland.

• Barry boy
• Barry County
• Barry-Perkins-Young syndrome
• Baz, Bazza (diminutives)

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”).

Barry

1. Any of a number of places:
   1. A coastal town and community with a town council in Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1167). ^[1]
   2. A village near Carnoustie, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO5334).
   3. A commune in Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitania, France.
   4. A small village in Blayney Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
   5. A place in the United States:
      1. A city and township in Pike County, Illinois.
      2. A township in Barry County, Michigan.
      3. A township in Pine County, Minnesota.
      4. A minor city in Big Stone County, Minnesota.
      5. A township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
      6. A minor city in Navarro County, Texas.

• Barry Dock
• Barry Island

Diminutive forms with -y.

Barry

1. A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.
2. A diminutive of the male given name Barack.

• Barry the Fairy
• Bathhouse Barry

• Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.

• Rybar