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Barrie - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Barrie

[ 2 syll. bar-rie, ba-rr-ie ] The boy name Barrie is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is BAERiy KEY. Barrie is used predominantly in the English and Irish languages, and its origin is Celtic. Barrie is a variant spelling of the name Barry (English and Irish).

Barrie is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1942, 0.004% of baby boys were given the name Barrie. Its ranking then was #868. The baby name has since experienced a loss in popularity, and is currently of very light use. Out of all boy names in its group, Barrie was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2008. Barrie has predominantly been a boy name in the past century.

Baby names that sound like Barrie include Barrey (English), Barri (English), Barry (English and Irish), Babar (Urdu), Bari (English), Barra (Irish), Berry (English), Borja (Russian and Spanish), Borya (Russian), Bujar (Albanian), Bahir (Arabic), Bairre (Irish), Bar (Hebrew), Bario (Spanish), Baruj (Spanish), Bear (English), Ber (English), Birre (Scandinavian), Bohumír (Czech), and Bourey (Vietnamese).

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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