Barrie

  • [ BAR-ee, BER-ee ]
  • Irish, English
Variant of BARRY.

BARRY   male   Irish, English
Anglicized form of BAIRRE. It is also sometimes used as an Anglicized form of BERACH.
FIONNBHARR   male   Irish
Means "fair hair", derived from Irish fionn "white, fair" and barr "head". Saint Fionnbharr of Cork was a 6th-century bishop who supposedly performed miraculous cures. The Barry Islands off Wales were named for him.
BARRFHIONN   male   Irish
Means "fair hair", derived from Gaelic barr "head" and fionn "white, fair".
BERACH   male   Irish
Derived from Gaelic biorach meaning "sharp". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint.
FULL FORMS
IRISH: Barrfhionn, Barrfind, Finbar, Finbarr, Finnbar, Finnbarr, Fionnbarra, Fionnbharr
EQUIVALENTS
ENGLISH: Barrie, Barry, Berry
IRISH: Bairre, Barra, Barrie, Barry, Bearach, Berach
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH (BRITISH): Baz, Bazza