Gary (given name)
WordNet
noun
(1) A city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Medieval short form of compound names beginning with /, 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
- A town in Indiana, and other U.S. places named for persons with the surname Gary.
- , 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."