Gary
See also: gary
English
Etymology 1
Medieval short form of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. 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
Gary
- A patronymic surname from Middle English
- A city in Indiana, and other US places named for persons with the surname Gary.
- A city in South Dakota
- A male given name transferred from the surname, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Quotations
- 1957 Meredith Willson: The Music Man: Gary, Indiana (a song):
- Gary, Indiana!
- What a wonderful name!
- Named for Elbert Gary of judiciary fame.
- Gary, Indiana, as Shakespeare would say,
- Trips along softly on the tongue this way
- 1964 Anne Tyler: If Morning Ever Comes. Severn House 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."
Etymology 2
From Gary Glitter.
Noun
Gary (plural Garies)
- shortened form of Gary Glitter.
- He did him up the Gary, he did.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Gary, from Germanic.
Proper noun
Gary
- a male given name from English
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