Barry Forename
1,576th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 623,766 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Barry Forename Definition:
A male name. Irish Bearrach, a derivative of a word meaning ‘spear’; until recent years confined to Ireland, but now not uncommon in England and the USA. The name of the poet Barry Cornwall was an invention of his own—a partial anagram of his real name, Bryan Walter Procter.
Read More About This ForenameBarry Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 291,698 | 1:1,243 | 272 |
| England | 100% | 130,073 | 1:427 | 95 |
| Canada | 100% | 51,849 | 1:639 | 134 |
| Australia | - | 33,399 | 1:409 | 85 |
| New Zealand | - | 13,852 | 1:327 | 54 |
| South Africa | 100% | 12,459 | 1:4,377 | 827 |
| Ireland | 99% | 11,611 | 1:400 | 87 |
| Scotland | 100% | 9,834 | 1:544 | 119 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 8,069 | 1:2,095 | 420 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 5,820 | 1:317 | 73 |
| Wales | 100% | 4,531 | 1:683 | 163 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 3,840 | 1:46,241 | 3,479 |
| Philippines | 99% | 3,371 | 1:31,447 | 2,738 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,922 | 1:9,236 | 927 |
| Madagascar | - | 2,418 | 1:9,772 | 1,594 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,254 | 1:114,447 | 12,569 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,040 | 1:15,104 | 2,092 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Gambia | - | 1,384 | 1:1,392 | 243 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,381 | 1:12,294 | 991 |
| Angola | - | 1,350 | 1:19,975 | 1,690 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,121 | 1:62,503 | 6,236 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,010 | 1:1,348 | 254 |
| Egypt | 50% | 976 | 1:94,161 | 4,390 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 943 | 1:32,290 | 2,929 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94% | 924 | 1:8,823 | 889 |
| Zambia | - | 916 | 1:17,309 | 1,569 |
| China | - | 844 | 1:1,618,550 | 39,882 |
| Togo | - | 824 | 1:8,785 | 1,321 |
| France | 100% | 756 | 1:87,924 | 2,069 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 725 | 1:117 | 34 |
| Bangladesh | - | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| Poland | 96% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| Germany | 100% | 573 | 1:168,722 | 2,847 |
| Gabon | - | 521 | 1:3,615 | 786 |
| Spain | 100% | 518 | 1:89,826 | 2,724 |
| Hong Kong | - | 511 | 1:15,172 | 1,538 |
| Bahamas | - | 507 | 1:788 | 200 |
| Belgium | 100% | 495 | 1:23,212 | 1,657 |
| Kenya | 100% | 484 | 1:95,676 | 5,127 |
| Israel | 92% | 418 | 1:20,103 | 1,900 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 380 | 1:40,589 | 3,738 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 371 | 1:28,117 | 2,329 |
| Jamaica | - | 364 | 1:7,921 | 997 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 358 | 1:58,098 | 5,853 |
| Guinea | 100% | 342 | 1:34,674 | 1,347 |
| Ivory Coast | 62% | 336 | 1:68,678 | 4,649 |
| Vanuatu | - | 265 | 1:988 | 288 |
| Fiji | - | 259 | 1:3,445 | 924 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 253 | 1:291,809 | 11,683 |
| Singapore | 100% | 251 | 1:25,048 | 4,262 |
| Brazil | 100% | 249 | 1:860,386 | 23,677 |
| Barbados | - | 248 | 1:1,169 | 273 |
| Morocco | - | 246 | 1:139,629 | 4,172 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 237 | 1:30,177 | 2,949 |
| Malawi | 100% | 233 | 1:73,443 | 4,317 |
| Portugal | - | 231 | 1:45,069 | 1,625 |
| Burkina Faso | 51% | 225 | 1:81,687 | 4,786 |
| India | 91% | 225 | 1:5,399,458 | 201,118 |
| Jersey | - | 204 | 1:490 | 112 |
| Sweden | 99% | 182 | 1:54,164 | 2,795 |
| Qatar | 100% | 169 | 1:14,021 | 2,196 |
| Bahrain | - | 163 | 1:8,274 | 1,321 |
| Swaziland | - | 154 | 1:8,443 | 1,221 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 154 | 1:53,334 | 2,277 |
| Kuwait | - | 152 | 1:24,903 | 2,523 |
| Tonga | - | 151 | 1:711 | 162 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 141 | 1:449 | 117 |
| Cameroon | 80% | 137 | 1:157,741 | 7,178 |
| Japan | - | 135 | 1:948,045 | 14,671 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 114 | 1:7,641 | 744 |
| Namibia | - | 106 | 1:22,681 | 1,968 |
| Liberia | 95% | 95 | 1:46,443 | 2,524 |
| Norway | 100% | 94 | 1:54,599 | 2,186 |
| Greece | 100% | 93 | 1:117,576 | 2,981 |
| Afghanistan | 70% | 90 | 1:362,484 | 7,050 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 90 | 1:1,030 | 246 |
| Chile | 74% | 85 | 1:207,144 | 3,757 |
| Malta | - | 85 | 1:5,051 | 678 |
| Uganda | 95% | 78 | 1:525,089 | 11,901 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 76 | 1:1,308 | 280 |
| Bermuda | - | 75 | 1:864 | 184 |
| Peru | 100% | 75 | 1:423,886 | 8,053 |
| Ecuador | - | 74 | 1:239,553 | 3,763 |
| Belize | 100% | 70 | 1:5,062 | 1,019 |
| Iraq | 100% | 68 | 1:514,969 | 5,682 |
| Denmark | - | 66 | 1:85,598 | 2,621 |
| Marshall Islands | 98% | 64 | 1:800 | 81 |
| Mexico | 100% | 62 | 1:2,002,329 | 11,924 |
| Italy | 89% | 61 | 1:1,001,018 | 8,674 |
| Senegal | 72% | 61 | 1:239,039 | 4,448 |
| Botswana | 100% | 58 | 1:37,663 | 3,938 |
| Russia | 100% | 57 | 1:2,530,416 | 15,714 |
| Guyana | 100% | 51 | 1:14,966 | 2,018 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 49 | 1:3,629 | 637 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 48 | 1:2,286 | 461 |
| Gibraltar | - | 45 | 1:759 | 158 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 44 | 1:136,780 | 4,150 |
| Brunei | - | 42 | 1:9,990 | 757 |
| Guam | - | 42 | 1:3,825 | 732 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 41 | 1:579,748 | 30,088 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:1,613 | 382 |
| Finland | 90% | 37 | 1:148,194 | 2,908 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 36 | 1:3,099 | 585 |
| South Korea | - | 36 | 1:154,012 | 6,575 |
| American Samoa | - | 32 | 1:1,745 | 269 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 30 | 1:19,365 | 1,583 |
| Panama | 100% | 28 | 1:139,520 | 6,123 |
| Honduras | 100% | 27 | 1:326,573 | 6,025 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 26 | 1:1,161,611 | 23,916 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 26 | 1:3,562,427 | 3,420 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 25 | 1:283,547 | 466 |
| Tanzania | 75% | 25 | 1:2,111,533 | 22,092 |
| French Polynesia | - | 22 | 1:12,632 | 1,507 |
| Estonia | 100% | 20 | 1:65,769 | 3,350 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 20 | 1:204,762 | 6,015 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 18 | 1:10,797,649 | 73,414 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 17 | 1:280,468 | 5,518 |
| Iceland | - | 17 | 1:21,530 | 1,463 |
| Benin | 100% | 16 | 1:660,990 | 19,671 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Macau | - | 16 | 1:38,013 | 487 |
| Nauru | 100% | 16 | 1:745 | 98 |
| Argentina | 73% | 15 | 1:2,851,550 | 9,163 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 14 | 1:40,289 | 1,746 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 14 | 1:3,905 | 670 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 14 | 1:253,593 | 2,813 |
| Austria | 100% | 13 | 1:654,939 | 5,517 |
| Monaco | - | 13 | 1:2,959 | 566 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 13 | 1:179 | 19 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 12 | 1:1,356,111 | 18,849 |
| Niger | 67% | 11 | 1:1,743,999 | 22,373 |
| Oman | - | 11 | 1:373,515 | 4,585 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 11 | 1:530 | 137 |
| Grenada | 100% | 10 | 1:10,812 | 1,335 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Cook Islands | - | 7 | 1:2,593 | 418 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 7 | 1:7,837 | 1,103 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 7 | 1:758,580 | 3,008 |
| Turkey | 100% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Jordan | - | 6 | 1:1,471,129 | 7,316 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Colombia | - | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Croatia | - | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Czechia | 93% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Uruguay | - | 5 | 1:685,527 | 7,487 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Congo | 67% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Tajikistan | - | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Cape Verde | - | 3 | 1:176,384 | 4,377 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 81% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Barry (1,139,915) may also be a surname.
Barry Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Irish Bearrach, a derivative of a word meaning ‘spear’; until recent years confined to Ireland, but now not uncommon in England and the USA. The name of the poet Barry Cornwall was an invention of his own—a partial anagram of his real name, Bryan Walter Procter.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
This Irish m. name, from the Celtic for ‘looking straight at the mark’ as applied to a marksman, is a pleasant one—and apparently of literary associations (Barry Cornwall, fluent C19 poet; Barry Pain, neat writer of short stories).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Celtic name, meaning: He who looks straight at the mark.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Barry Forename Popularity
Barry Demographics
Average Barry Salary in
United States
$50,865 USD
Per year
Rank:
121,080 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0852109
Rank: 248 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
116.85%
Sample size: 138,100 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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