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What does Barrie mean?
Barrie 
as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Barrie) is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Barrie is "spear". From the male Gaelic name Bearach. A place name (Barry Islands, Wales) turned into a surname, then into a given name. Possibly influenced by the fame of Sir James Barrie, author of "Peter Pan". Can also be considered a feminine version of Barry. Also form of Bara. Also form of Bernice.
Variations
SEE ALSO Barra
RELATED FORMS VIA BARRY Berri, Berrie, Berry
MASCULINE FORM Barry
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
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How popular is Barrie?
Barrie is a somewhat popular first name for women (#3226 out of 4276, Top 75%) and an even more popular surname for all people (#11677 out of 150436, Top 8%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Barrie entered the list in 1940-1949 and reached its highest position of #1358 in the U.S. during 1960-1969, but is not found in the list currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Barrie are Bari and Bernice. These relations of Barrie were favored as baby names during the years 1910-1919 (USAGE OF 0.5%), but now, the form Bernice has gone out of style.
Similar Names
Barrie is pronounced similarly to Barah and Berree. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Arrie▼, Babbie, Bailie, Bambie, Barbi, Barbie, Baubie, Baylie▼, Berdie, Bernie, Berrit, Berrte (see Bertha), Bertie▼, Birdie▼, Bree, Brei, Bri, Bria▼, Brie, Byrdie, Carie▼, Carlie, Carmie, Carree, Carri, Carrie▼, Carrin, Carrine, Clarrie, Corrie▼, Darbie, Darcie▼, Darrbie (see Darby), Darsie, Dorrie, Earlie, Farrin, Gardie, Gerrie, Harlie, Harrie, Harriet▼, Jerrie, Karie▼, Karlie, Karri▼, Karrie▼, Karrin, Karrine, Kerrie▼, Korrie, Laurie▼, Lorrie▼, Marcie▼, Margie▼, Marie▼, Marjie, Markie, Marlie, Marnie▼, Marrin, Marris, Martie, Maurie, Merrie, Parris, Perrie, Sarie, Sharrie, Terrie▼, Torrie and Zarria. These names tend to be less commonly used than Barrie.
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