THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Barry
Barry appears in 1 eligible record in the OpenHalalan transcription of COMELEC’s 2001 elected-candidate lists. The recorded spelling is kept separate from other spellings. This documents a source-reported name form, not a lexical meaning, a birth count, or a national popularity rank.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
English
- /ˈbæɹi/Australia · General-American · Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈbaɹɪj/British · Southern · Standard
- /ˈbɛəɹi/US, Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈbɛɹi/New-Zealand
- /ˈbaɾe/Scotland
- /-ɾɪ/Scotland
- /-ɾi/Scotland
- /ˈbaɾi/Wales
English
- /ˈbæɹi/Australia · General-American · Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈbaɹɪj/British · Southern · Standard
- /ˈbɛəɹi/US, Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈbɛɹi/New-Zealand
- /ˈbaɾe/Scotland
- /-ɾɪ/Scotland
- /-ɾi/Scotland
- /ˈbaɾi/Wales
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Anglicized form of Irish Bairre, short form of Fionnbharr, from fionn (“white”) + barr (“head”).
A male given name from Irish.
EnglishEtymology & source
Diminutive forms with -y.
A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.; A diminutive of the male given name Barack.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
1
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Barry in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Barry
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Garry·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Harry♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Larry♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Baby♂♀From baby. Also from an error in birth registration. When the parent has not decided on a name of the child, the child is often listed as baby + surname.
- Barbra♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Baris♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Baron♂English form: baron
- Bart·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Barry?
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Explore Barry further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Barry (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.