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Barry (M)>

Barry (male)

Pet Name(s):Baz (M) Bazza (M)
Pet Name for:Finbar (M) Finbarr (M)
Derivative of:Barra (M) Fionnbharr (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

English from Gaelic "spear"; probably of Irish origin from Barra which is a short form of Fionnbharr, Irish Gaelic, "fair head".

Another possible origin is from the town of Barry in Wales, possibly via the surname from that source.