English

Proper noun

Barry

1. A male given name, sometimes also used as a diminutive of Bartholomew.
2. A surname​ derived from the given name, or from place names in Scotland and Wales.

Derived terms

• Diminutives: Baz, Bazza

Quotations

• 1844, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Luck of Barry Lyndon (University of Michigan Press, 1999, ISBN 047211042X), page 44

  I remembered that I had signed the documents Barry Redmond instead of Redmond Barry; but what else could I do? - - - "Hark ye, Mr Fitzsimons," said I; "I will tell you why I was obliged to alter my name - which is Barry, and the best name in Ireland.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Barry

1. Any of a number of places, including a coastal town near Cardiff in Wales, United Kingdom.

References

• Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.

English

Noun

barry ‎(plural barries)

1. (heraldry) A field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting of two different tinctures interchangeably disposed.

References

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at