What does gary mean?

Definitions for gary
ˈgɛər i, ˈgær iga·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Garynoun

    a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production

Wiktionary

  1. Garynoun

    A town in Indiana, and other U.S. places named for persons with the surname Gary.

  2. Garynoun

    A patronymic surname.

  3. Garynoun

    A city in Indiana, and other US places named for persons with the surname Gary.

  4. Garynoun

    A city in South Dakota

  5. Garynoun

    A male given name transferred from the surname, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s.

  6. Etymology: Medieval short form of compound names beginning with gari/geri, such as Gerard, Gerald, or Gerbert. Cognate with the Scottish and Irish Gaelic name Garaidh.

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  1. gary

    Gary is typically a male first name of English origin, derived from a surname which means "spear" in Old English. It was popular in the mid 20th century, especially in English speaking countries. There is no specific or general definition for "Gary", as it's a personal name and its characteristics or attributes can greatly vary depending on the individual who bears it. Some famous people named Gary include actor Gary Oldman and musician Gary Barlow.

Wikidata

  1. Gary

    Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States, located in the southeastern portion of the Chicago metropolitan area. Gary is located approximately 25 miles from downtown Chicago, Illinois. The population of Gary proper was 80,294 at the time of the 2010 census, making it the nineth-largest city in the state of Indiana. Gary's population has fallen by 55 percent since 1960, when Gary's population was 178,320. Gary is located adjacent to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and borders Lake Michigan. The Armstrong House, 1939, by Frank Lloyd Wright, is in Ogden Dunes. Many citizens and politicians have helped to preserve parts of the Indiana Dunes. The city is known for its large steel mills, and for being the birthplace of the The Jackson 5 music group.

Editors Contribution

  1. garynoun

    Gamblers anonymous general of the army in the Galatians book rivalry. 1.) an industrial city in northwestern Indiana, on Lake Michigan, southeast of Chicago; pop. 95,920 (est. 2008).

    Is it a good coincidence that my grandpa Eddie Gary lived exactly outside of Chicago?

    Etymology: Noun


    Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on April 9, 2024  

Suggested Resources

  1. GARY

    What does GARY stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the GARY acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. GARY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gary is ranked #1612 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Gary surname appeared 22,310 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 8 would have the surname Gary.

    47.4% or 10,577 total occurrences were White.
    46.3% or 10,332 total occurrences were Black.
    2.6% or 598 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.4% or 544 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 147 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.5% or 112 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'gary' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4256

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'gary' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1899

Anagrams for gary »

  1. gray

  2. Gray

  3. Yarg

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of gary in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of gary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of gary in a Sentence

  1. Jen Bucholtz:

    So you've got to know Gary's full name in order to decipher these anagrams, i just don't think there's any other way anybody would have figured it out.

  2. Marjan Holbrook:

    He came over and said, ‘Hi,’ and I said, ‘Gary, it’s good to see you, but I don’t think we’re going to be running this morning,’.

  3. Nicholas Sarwark:

    They should not support one party or candidate over another. I will never patronize a store because they are being political, but I am sure to never patronize a store that is. americans are pretty diverse in their political decisions. If they want to maximize sales, they ought to offer both sides: the Democratic nominee and the Libertarian nominee, Gary Johnson.

  4. Erika Eleniak:

    We shot for three months in Mobile, Alabama, and it was a tough shoot. There were about four or five on the entire crew of 1,800 men. It was definitely interesting. I learned a lot on that shoot watching Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey work … It was a hard shoot, I have to say. Long hours … But it was an incredible learning experience for me.

  5. Susan Sahai:

    I'm a little bit verklempt. It meant a lot to me. Because he doesn't know me. I never met Joe Biden. joe Biden wants to be out in public, Joe Biden wants to listen to Gary Cox.

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