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See also: gary
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Garry (chiefly British)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gărʹē IPA(key): /ˈɡæɹɪ/
- Rhymes: -æɹi
- (General American) enPR: gărʹē
- (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈɡæɹi/
Audio (New England): (file) - Rhymes: -æɹi
- (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈɡɛɹi/, /ˈɡeɹi/
Audio (Connecticut): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɹi
- (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈɡæɹi/
Etymology 1
[edit]Medieval short form of Germanic compound names beginning with gari (“spear”)/geri (“spear”), such as Gerard, Gerald, or Gerbert. Cognate with the Scottish and Irish Gaelic name Garaidh.
- The last-century popularity of the given name is due to the American actor Gary Cooper (1901–1961), whose stage name was invented by his agent, a native of Gary, Indiana.
Proper noun
[edit]Gary (countable and uncountable, plural Garys)
- A surname from Middle English [in turn originating as a patronymic].
- A male given name transferred from the surname, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s.
- 1930, Irving Berlin (lyrics and music), “Puttin' On The Ritz”:
- Dressed up like a million dollar trooper / Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper
- 1964, Anne Tyler, If Morning Ever Comes, Severn House, published 1983, page 52:
- "Gary's an awful name. Whatever he's like. It reminds me of a G.I. man with a crew cut, and 'Mom' tattooed on his chest, and lots of pin-up pictures on his wall."
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city in Lake County, Indiana, named after Elbert Henry Gary.
- 1957 December 19, Meredith Willson (lyrics and music), “Gary, Indiana”, in The Music Man:
- Gary, Indiana!
What a wonderful name
Named for Elbert Gary of judiciary fame
Gary, Indiana, as a Shakespeare would say
Trips along softly on the tongue this way--
- A neighbourhood of Tampa, Florida.
- An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
- A minor city in Norman County, Minnesota, named after Garrett L. Thorpe.
- A city in Deuel County, South Dakota.
- Synonym of Gary City, Texas.
- A minor city in McDowell County, West Virginia, named after Elbert Henry Gary, and incorporated in 1971.
- A city in Lake County, Indiana, named after Elbert Henry Gary.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Gary Glitter.
Noun
[edit]Gary (plural Garys)
- shortened form of Gary Glitter (“anus”).
- He did him up the Gary, he did.
Anagrams
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English Gary, from Germanic.
Proper noun
[edit]Gary
- a male given name from English
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