Gary

Colors Related to this Name: Blue

Qualities Related to this Name: Romantic, Nurturing

Popularity: This is a very popular name in the US. Ranking #578 in 2013 and #560 in 2014.

Meaning

In English

Origin: 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.

Meaning(s):

-A city in South Dakota

-A town in Indiana, and other US places named for persons with the last name Gary.

-( male name -comes from the last names language-), popular from the 1940s to the 1970s.

-(last name patronymic -comes from the Middle English language-)