Barry Name Meaning & Origin
Barry
Pronunciation: BA-ree (key)
Origin of the name Barry:
Originally a pet form of any of the names beginning with the element Bar-. It is now usually bestowed as an independent given name.
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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Bear, Baz, bazza, Bandit, Bal
Bud, Buddy- Meanings and history of the name Barry
Barry can also be a surname from the town and island of Barry in Wales.
- Famous real-life people named Barry
Barry Bonds, baseball player
Barry White, singer
Barry Manilow, singer
Barry Gibb, singer with The Bee Gees
Berry Gordy Jr., founder of Motown Records
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Barry, the little boy in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
Barry Allen, The Flash (DC comics)
Barry Farber, ex-fiance of Rachel Green on "Friends" who she leaves at the altar in the pilot episode
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Barry Berkman, the titular character in HBO’s Barry
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