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The given name Barry is derived from Gaelic, [1] possibly being an Anglicised form of the personal name Báire, which is a short form of the related Irish names Bairrfhionn [2] or Barrfind ("fair-headed", "fair-haired"), [3] and Finbar or Fionnbharr ("fair-topped", "fair-haired").
Colin is an English-language masculine given name.It has two distinct origins: [2] A diminutive form of "Colle", itself an Old French short form of the name Nicolas ().This name, but not the anglicized Gaelic name, is also found in the spelling Collin.
The origin of OK is disputed; however, most modern reference works hold that it originated around Boston as part of a fad in the late 1830s of abbreviating misspellings; that it is an initialism of "oll korrect" as a misspelling of "all correct". This origin was first described by linguist Allen Walker Read in the 1960s.
Molly Pitcher is a heroine of the American Revolutionary War. Titanic survivor Margaret Brown, who was later called "The Unsinkable Molly Brown." Molly Malone was the stage name of American silent film actress Violet Isabel Malone.
Cody is a unisex given name. [1] Spellings include Codi, Codie, Kodi, Kodie, and Kody.Other variants are Coady and Codey.. According to A Dictionary of First Names, Cody is "a transferred use of the Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Gaelic O'Cuidighthigh meaning 'descendant of Cuidightheach' (originally a byname for a helpful person), or of Mac Óda 'son of Óda' (a personal name of ...
Tammy is a feminine given name. It can be a short form of the names Tamsin, Thomasina, Thomasin, or Tamar, Tamara or other names starting with Tam. [1] Tamsin, Thomasina, and Thomasin are feminine versions of the name Thomas, a Greek form of the Aramaic name Te'oma, meaning twin. [2]
Bob is a male given name or a hypocorism, usually of Robert; and sometimes a diminutive of Bobby.. The name most likely originated from the hypocorism Rob, short for Robert. Rhyming names were popular in the Middle Ages, so Richard became Rick, Hick, or Dick, William became Will, Gill, or Bill, and Robert became Rob, Hob, Dob, Nob, or B
A short form of Ronald is Ron. [2] Pet forms of Ronald include Roni [6] and Ronnie. [2] Ronalda and Rhonda are feminine forms of Ronald. [7] Rhona, a modern name apparently only dating back to the late nineteenth century, may have originated as a feminine form of Ronald. [8]