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Name Barry

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From Old Irish words for white, fair and head

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About the name Barry in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English, Irish
Topics:	Asteroid 1703 Barry, discovered 1930
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Barny, Berry, Carry, Garry, Harry, Larry, Arly, Baby, Baby, Badr Details

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About Barry, the group of names with the same origin as Barry

Language of origin:	Old Irish
Info about origin:	Anglicized form of the Irish name Bairre, a pet form of Fionnbharr
	became popular in the 20th century throughout the English-speaking world, especially in Australia
Words:	fionn = white, fair (in the sense of light-colored, blond) Old Irish
	barr = the head Old Irish
Topics:	Words
Variants' top ranks:	20:Barry England+Wales 1944, 70:Barrie England+Wales 1944
Somehow related to:	Fionnbharr
Old/original forms:	Fionnbharr Old Irish
Name variants:	Bairre, Barrie, Barry, Berry, Fionnbarr Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Barry

Series	Graph	Rankings
England+Wales decades	Graph	1984 81, 1974 48, 1964 42, 1954 33, 1944 20, 1934 53
Ireland	Graph	2000 91, 1999 89
USA decades	Graph	1990-1999 485, 1980-1989 243, 1970-1979 154, 1960-1969 80
USA yearly	Graph	2004 963, 2003 869, 2002 859, 2001 798, 2000 677, 1999 645, 1998 610, 1997 582, 1996 550, 1995 539, 1994 497, 1993 451

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