Barry (name) Barry (name) Barry is both a given name and a surname. The given name is an Anglicised form of several Irish personal names, while the surname has numerous etymological origins, and is derived from both place names and personal names. The given name "Barry" is derived from Gaelic, possibly being an Anglicised form of the personal name Báire, which is a short form of the related Irish names "Bairrfhionn" or "Barrfind" ("fair-headed", "fair-haired"). and "Finbar", or "Fionnbharr" ("fair-topped", "fair-haired"). For example, "Barry" is sometimes derived from the Irish "Bairre", "Barra", and "Barre", which are in turn forms of the name
Barry (name) 1940s, and was in the top 100 names through the 1970s. In recent years, the name has not even made the top 1000 list of names (the last time was in 2004, where it ranked 963). Barry's highest rank was 61, which was achieved in 1962. The surname "Barry" has numerous origins. In some cases it is an Anglicised form of the Irish "Ó Beargha", meaning "descendant of "Beargh"". The byname "Beargh" means "plunderer" or "spear-like". In other cases "Barry" is an Anglicisation of the Irish "Ó Báire", meaning "descendant of "Báire"". In other cases "Barry" is a patronymic form