Barry is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “hill, summit and white.” Its exact origin is debated among name scholars. In 2024 it was given to 130 boys in the United States.
Barry at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Irish & Celtic · African
Meaning
“hill, summit and white”
Pronunciation
/ˈbæɹi/
Also spelled
Barrington
About the name Barry
Barry belongs to the Irish & Celtic and African tradition. Its meaning — “hill, summit and white” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Barrington.
In the United States, Barry first appears in Social Security records in 1883. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #61 in 1962, and in 2024 130 babies received the name — 181,155 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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