"Gary" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈɡæ.ɹɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡæ.ɹi/ (note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger), /ˈɡɛ.ɹi/ (note: Mary–marry–merry merger), /ˈɡe.ɹi/ (note: Mary–marry–merry merger) Audio: en-us-Gary.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-Gary.wav Forms: Garys [plural]
Rhymes: -æɹi, -ɛɹi Etymology: Medieval short form of Germanic compound names beginning with gari or geri ("spear"), such as Gerard, Gerald, or Gerbert. Cognate with the Scottish and Irish name Garaidh. The popularity of the given name in the 20th century is due to the American actor Gary Cooper, whose stage name was invented by his agent, a native of Gary, Indiana. Etymology templates: {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{,}} ,, {{cog|ga|-}} Irish, {{person|Q93957}} American actor Gary Cooper Head templates: {{en-prop|~|s}} Gary (countable and uncountable, plural Garys)
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s; variant form Garry. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (male given name): غَارِي (ḡārī) (Arabic), Gary (Cebuano), 加里 (Jiālǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 賈利 /贾利 (Chinese Mandarin), גרי [masculine] (Hebrew), ガリー (Japanese), ギャリー (Japanese), ゲイリー (Japanese), ゲーリー (Japanese), 게리 (Geri) (Korean), 개리 (Gaeri) (Korean), Гэ́ри (Gɛ́ri) [masculine] (Russian), Га́ри (Gári) [masculine] (Russian), Гери [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Gary [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Geri [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Gary (Tagalog), Ге́рі (Héri) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. A surname from Middle English [in turn originating as a patronymic]; variant form Garry. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Gary-en-name-ilD3wPK2 Categories (other): English surnames
  3. Numerous places in the United States:
    A city in Lake County, Indiana, named after American judge and businessman Elbert Henry Gary.
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  4. Numerous places in the United States:
    A neighbourhood of Tampa, Florida.
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  5. Numerous places in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
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  6. Numerous places in the United States:
    A minor city in Norman County, Minnesota, named after Garrett L. Thorpe.
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  7. Numerous places in the United States:
    A city in Deuel County, South Dakota.
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  8. Numerous places in the United States:
    A minor city in McDowell County, West Virginia, named after American judge and businessman Elbert Henry Gary.
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  9. Numerous places in the United States:
    Ellipsis of Gary City: a town in Panola County, Texas, United States.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: garyansellite, Gary City, Gary Glitter, Gary Stu, McGary
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡæ.ɹɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡæ.ɹi/ (note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger), /ˈɡɛ.ɹi/ (note: Mary–marry–merry merger), /ˈɡe.ɹi/ (note: Mary–marry–merry merger) Audio: en-us-Gary.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-Gary.wav Forms: Garys [plural]
Rhymes: -æɹi, -ɛɹi Etymology: Ellipsis of Gary Glitter. Etymology templates: {{ellipsis|en|Gary Glitter}} Ellipsis of Gary Glitter Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} Gary (plural Garys)
  1. Synonym of Gary Glitter (“anus”). Synonyms: Gary Glitter [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Gary-en-noun-qV7OVX2y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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      "homophone": "Gerrie"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Gerry"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gary"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Gary meaning in English (13.4kB)

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  "title": "Gary",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.