Barry vs Gay - What's the difference?
barry | gay |
, 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.
, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
from the word gay, "joyful"; rare today.
. Also a shortened form of Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname.
* 1992 , Unto the Sons , Ballantine Books 1993, ISBN 0804110336, page 15
* 2004 , Bad Dirt , Fourth Estate, ISBN 0007196911, page 32
As proper nouns the difference between barry and gay
is that barry is a given name derived from Irish, sometimes also used as a diminutive of Bartholomew while Gay is {{surname|A=An|English|from=nicknames}}, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.As nouns the difference between barry and gay
is that barry is a field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting of two different tinctures interchangeably disposed while gay is a homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian.As an adjective gay is
happy, joyful, and lively.As a verb gay is
to make happy or cheerful.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.gay
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- - - - my father's father, Gaetano Talese ( whose name I inherited after my birth in 1932, in the anglicized from of "Gay "), was an atypically fearless traveler,
- "Mr Gay Brawls. What a name."
- "It didn't use to mean what it means now. Plenty were named Gay'. Even in Nevada. Was old ' Gay Pitch had a gas station in Winnemucca. Nobody thought nothin about it and he raised a railroad car of kids.- - -