Given name & surname
Barrie
“a markswoman”
Barrie is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “a markswoman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “a markswoman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Barrie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,045
- 1,337 boys · 1,708 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 147 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 44% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 58 in 1942. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,592 as a first name in 2020; 3,448 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.
Barrie’s family of names
Barrie has a related form in Barry. Barrie has a related form in Barri. Barrie has a related form in Barea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Barryvariant · English
- Barrivariant
- Baryahvariant
- Baryavariant
- Barryahvariant
- Barryavariant
- Barriahvariant
- Barriavariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Barrie
- Barrie M. OsborneAmerican film producerborn 1944
- Barrie InghamEnglish actor (1932-2015)
- Barrie ChaseAmerican actress and dancerborn 1933
- Barrie McKayScottish association football player (born 1994)
- Barrie KoskyTheatre and opera directorborn 1967
- Barrie Lee Hall Jr.American jazz musician, music director and band leader (1949–2011)
- Barrie UnsworthAustralian politician, 36th Premier of New South Walesborn 1934
- Barrie GilbertEnglish-American inventor (1937-2020)
- Barrie KeeffeBritish playwright (1945-2019)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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Brazzle
Brazzle is a surname from Irish.
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