Given name & surname
Bari
“a marksman”
Bari is a variant of Bary. One Celtic interpretation is “a marksman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bari is a variant of Bary. One Celtic interpretation is “a marksman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bari is a variant of Bary. An origin associated with Bary is Celtic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1937. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bari through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,964
- 158 boys · 1,806 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 78 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 40% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 78 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,893 as a first name in 2020; 1,625 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bari’s family of names
In English usage, Bari has a related form in Barry. Bari has a related form in Bary. Bari is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Барый.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bari has relatives in 4 languages.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 7
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bari
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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