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♂ Barrie (boy)
What does Barrie mean?
Barrie 
as a name for boys (also used as girls' name Barrie) is of Old English derivation, and the name Barrie means "burned clearing; fair-haired". Barrie is an alternate form of Barnett (Old English). Barrie is also a derivative of Barrett. Barrie is also used as a derivative of Barry (Irish, Gaelic).
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, clearing (meadow), fair (white)
Variations
VARIANTS Berry▼, Barrey, Barree, Bari
OTHER FORMS VIA BARNETT, BARRETT, BARRY Baret, Baris, Barnet, Barney▼, Barnie, Baronet, Barrat, Barratt, Barret, Barrette, Barron
FEMININE FORM Barra
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Barrie Valentin (B.V.), ..
How popular is Barrie?
Barrie is an unusual given name for men but a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#11677 out of 150436, Top 8%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Barrie was first listed in 1930-1939 and reached its peak position of #1053 in the U.S. in the 1940s, but is not listed at the moment. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent varying forms of Barrie are Barnet, Barnett, Barney, Barnie, Barret, Barrett (#213 IN 2018), Barron (#1441), Barry (#1207) and Berry. These forms of Barrie were favored by parents 68 years ago (ADOPTION OF 0.3%) and are now significantly less conventional (ADOPTION 0.12%, ▼60.9%), with versions like Berry becoming less trendy. Barry has historically been preferred by parents, though Barrett is currently the most fashionable.
Similar Names
Barrie is pronounced similarly to Barra. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bailie, Bairre, Baldie, Bar, Barde, Bardric, Barklie, Barni, Barr, Barrak, Barren, Barric, Barrick, Barrt, Bartin, Bartle, Baxlie, Berkie, Bernie▼, Bertie, Birkie (see Birkey), Birlie, Birnie, Borris, Brae, Bri, Brye, Burlie, Burnie, Burr, Byrdie, Clarrie, Corrie, Currie, Darbie, Darrien, Darrin▼, Darriq, Derrie, Earlie, Farlie, Farrier, Farrin, Farris, Gardie, Garrie, Garrin, Garrvie (see Garvey), Garvie, Gerrie, Harlie, Harri, Harrie, Harris, Harvie, Jarrid, Jarrin, Jerrie, Kerrie, Larie, Larrin, Laurie, Lawrie, Martie, Maurie, Morrie, Norrie, Parrie, Parris, Perrie, Tarrin, Terrie, Torrie and Warrin. These names tend to be more commonly used than Barrie.
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