Barry vs Brian - What's the difference?
barry | brian |
, sometimes also used as a diminutive of Bartholomew.
derived from the given name, or from place names in Scotland and Wales.
Any of a number of places, including a coastal town near Cardiff in Wales, United Kingdom.
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* 1865 Charlotte Eliza L. Riddell: Maxwell Drewitt . Tinsley Brothers, London 1865. page 255-256:
* 2008 Phill Young: FarArc . Author House 2008. ISBN 1434378365 page 145:
As a noun barry
is (heraldry) a field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting of two different tinctures interchangeably disposed.As a verb brian is
(dialectal|northern england) to keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to preserve heat.barry
English
Etymology 1
Anglicized form of (etyl) Barra, short form of Fionnbharr, from .Proper noun
(en proper noun)Derived terms
* Diminutives: Baz, BazzaQuotations
* 1844 , , The Luck of Barry Lyndon (University of Michigan Press, 1999, ISBN 047211042X), page 44 *: I remembered that I had signed the documents Barry' Redmond instead of Redmond '''Barry'''; but what else could I do? - - - "Hark ye, Mr Fitzsimons," said I; "I will tell you why I was obliged to alter my name - which ''is'' ' Barry , and the best name in Ireland.Etymology 2
Proper noun
(en proper noun)References
* Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.brian
English
Alternative forms
* Bryan * BryonProper noun
(en proper noun)- "What the deuce is their fancy for calling the young beggar Brian'?" he inquired."Is it ' Brian Boroimhe they have gone back to, or is it some of her people, or what?"
- "There was a good Drewitt once," answered Wilhelmina, "- - - and his name was Brian'. - - - And Nannie told her, too, how a child always strains after the person it is called after, and how luck follows names, and worked her up to such a pit finally, that nothing would do her but the young gentleman must be called '''Brian''' and accordingly '''Brian''' he is - ' Brian Archibald. It is not an easy name to make fun out of; so all I can do is to call him Brin Baldy.
- Why oh why had his parents even considered Brian'? '''Brian''' is someone who works in a hardware shop or fixes the U bend. What chance did Sir Lovesdaslutalot have in life with a name like '''Brian'''? You can't even shorten ' Brian to Bri without it sounding like a kind of cheese!