Given name & surname
Baris
“a peaceful man”
Baris is used as a given name and a surname. One Turkish interpretation is “a peaceful man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Turkish interpretation is “a peaceful man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Turkish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Baris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 51
- 51 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,825 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,825 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 498 as a first name in 2020; 493 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.
Baris’s family of names
Baris has a related form in Bariss. Baris has a related form in Barris. Baris has a related form in Barriss.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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