Gary (disambiguation)
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[edit] Place name
Several places in the United States of America are called Gary (in decreasing population order):
There are other similarly-named towns:
GNIS also lists the following tiny (or uninhabited) towns:
- Gary, Colorado
- Gary, Florida
- Gary, Georgia
- Gary, Illinois
- Gary, Maryland
- Gary, New Mexico
- Gary, South Carolina
- Gary, Texas
- Gary, Virginia
- Gary Springs, Alabama
- Garywood, Alabama
- Gary Estates, Mississippi
- Gary Corner, New Jersey
- Gary Creek, South Carolina
- Garysville, Virginia
[edit] Song
- Gary Indiana is a song in the musical (and later film) The Music Man
[edit] Slang nickname
- The word Gary is a local term used by people in the Midlands of the United Kingdom to refer to a Chav or Townie[citation needed]
- Gary also refers to a Chinese person, which originates from "Only Fools and Horses".[citation needed]
- The word Gary is also a code word used by people that refers to marijuana.[citation needed]
[edit] First name
The name Gary is derived from the word spear and used to describe a "spear thrower"
The usage of Gary as a male given name in America is interestingly intertwined with the success of the actor Gary Cooper. According to the Social Security Administration, Gary was relatively rare as a given name in the 1900-1920s period (e.g., in the 1910s it was the 677th most frequent name, given to less than 0.01% of the babies born in that decade). However, when the actor's Gary, Indiana-born agent Nan Collins told him to change his name (then Frank Cooper) to Gary, this name's popularity soared. In the 1930s, 0.38% of the male babies in America were named Gary, and in the 1950s as many as 1.54% of the male babies were given this name, making it the 12th most popular given name of that decade. The name Gary reached its record popularity (9th place) in 1953, the same year that Gary Cooper received his Best Actor Academy Award for his leading role in High Noon. Since then, the popularity of Gary as a given name in America has been on a very slow, but steady decline. In the 1990s, this name is the 170th most popular, given to around 0.1% of newborn males.
The name Gary can also be a variant of similar names, such as the Welsh Gareth, Garrie or Garry.
Articles on some of the people named Gary: (see also Special:Allpages/Gary)
- Gary Ablett, Gary Allan
- Gary Barlow, Gary Bartz, Gary Barwin, Gary Bauer, Gary Becker, Gary Bettman, Gary Burghoff, Gary Burton, Gary Busey
- Gary Carter, Gary Cherone, Gary Cole, Gary Coleman, Gary Condit, Gary Cooper
- Gary Daniels, Gary Dell'Abate, Gary Doer, Gary Dourdan
- Gary Filmon, Gary Fisher, Gary L. Francione, Gary Frank, Gary Frank (actor)
- Gary Gabelich, Gary Gaetti, Gary Gilmore, Gary Glitter, Gary Gordon, Gary Graham, Gary LeRoi Gray, Gary Groth, Gary Gygax
- Gary Hall Jr.,Gary Hall Sr., Gary Hamel, Gary Hardgrave, Gary Hart, Gary Helms, Gary Hug, Gary Hume, Gary Humphries
- Gary Jennings, Gary Johnson, Gary Jules
- Gary Karr, Gary Kasparov, Gary Kemp, Gary Kildall, Gary Kirsten, Gary Kleck, Gary Klein, Gary Kremen
- Gary LaFree, Gary Larson, Gary Lineker, Gary Locke, Gary Louris
- Gary Masyk, Gary Miller, Gary Moore, Gary Morton, Gary Mounfield
- Gary Nairn, Gary Neville, Gary Nolan, Gary North, Gary Numan
- Gary Oldman, Gary Owen (footballer), Gary Owen (snooker), Gary Owens
- Gary Payton, Gary Peach, Gary Peacock, Gary Pettis, Gary Player, Gary Powers, Gary Price
- Gary Ridgway, Gary Roberts, Gary Robichaud
- Gary Shipman, Gary Sick, Gary Sinise, Gary Snyder, Gary Soto, Gary Stewart, Gary Streeter, Gary Sullivan
- Gary Thorne, Gary Titley
- Gary Ward, Gary Wilkinson, Gary Wilmot
[edit] Fictional characters
- Gary the Snail, SpongeBob's pet snail in SpongeBob SquarePants
- Gary Oak from the Pokémon series
- Gary from the Beyblade series
- Gary, the unicorn from "The Simpsons"
- Gary, of Ace and Gary, the feature characters of The Ambiguously Gay Duo from "Saturday Night Live"
- Gary from the South Park episode "All About Mormons"
- Gary the Imaginary Friend in The Fairly Oddparents.
[edit] References
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