English

Proper noun

Gary

1. A patronymic surname​.
2. A town in Indiana, and other US places named for persons with the surname Gary.
3. A city in South Dakota
4. A male given name, 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."

Anagrams

• gray, Gray
• Yarg