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Barrie - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Barrie

[ 2 syll. bar-rie, ba-rr-ie ] The girl name Barrie is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced BAERiy KEY. Barrie is of Celtic origin and it is used mainly in English. The meaning of Barrie is 'fair headed; spear; mound,dune; son of Harry'. Derived from fionn 'white, fair' ; barr 'head' ; bearach 'spear' ; bar 'mound, dune' ; ap Harry 'son of Harry'. Barrie is the feminine version of the English and Irish Barry. A form of Barrie is the English spelling variant Bari.

Barrie is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Barrie has in the last century been primarily given to boys.

Baby names that sound like Barrie include the Iranian and Turkish Bahaar, the Czech Bara, the English Bari, the Czech Bára, the English Bera, the English Berry, the Czech Bora, the English Bria, the English and Hawaiian Babara, the Arabic Bahira, the name Behira, the English Brea, the English and Irish Bree, the English Bri, the English Brie, and the Irish Brígh.

KEY: Pronunciation for Barrie: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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