Gary

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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Gary (countable and uncountable, plural Garys)

  1. A surname from Middle English [in turn originating as a patronymic].
  2. 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."
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. 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--
    2. A neighbourhood of Tampa, Florida.
    3. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
    4. A minor city in Norman County, Minnesota, named after Garrett L. Thorpe.
    5. A city in Deuel County, South Dakota.
    6. Synonym of Gary City, Texas.
    7. A minor city in McDowell County, West Virginia, named after Elbert Henry Gary, and incorporated in 1971.
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Etymology 2

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From Gary Glitter.

Noun

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Gary (plural Garys)

  1. shortened form of Gary Glitter (anus).
    He did him up the Gary, he did.

Anagrams

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Etymology

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From English Gary, from Germanic.

Proper noun

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Gary

  1. a male given name from English