Details for the forename Barry

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Barry (male)


Pet Name(s):	Baz (M) Bazza (M)
Pet Name for:	Finbar (M) Finbarr (M)
Derivative of:	Barra (M) Fionnbharr (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English from Gaelic "spear"; probably of Irish origin from Barra which is a short form of Fionnbharr, Irish Gaelic, "fair head". Another possible origin is from the town of Barry in Wales, possibly via the surname from that source.