Etymology

Proper noun

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

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.