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Berry - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Berry

[ 2 syll. ber-ry, be-rry ] The boy name Berry is also used as a girl name, but it is much more common for boys. Its pronunciation is BEHRiy KEY. Berry is largely used in the English language and it is derived from Celtic origins. Berry is a variant spelling of the name Barry (English and Irish).

Berry is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1903, 0.020% of baby boys were given the name Berry. Its ranking then was #382. The baby name has since dropped out of favor, and is now of irregular use. Within all boy names in its group, Berry was nonetheless the most popular in 2008. Berry has predominantly been a boy name in the past century.

Baby names that sound like Berry include Babar (Urdu), Bari (English), Barra (Irish), Barrey (English), Barri (English), Barrie (English and Irish), Barry (English and Irish), 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 Berry: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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