Gary

Gender：
Pronounced： [ GER-ee, GAR-ee ]
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Usage：English

Meaning & History：

From an English surname which was derived from a Norman given name, which was itself originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element ger meaning "spear". This name was popularized in the late 1920s the American actor Gary Cooper (1901-1961), who took his stage name from the city of Gary in Indiana where his agent was born.

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DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

ENGLISH (BRITISH): Gaz

OTHER FORMS

ANCIENT GERMANIC: Gero, Gervas, Gervasius

ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Geirr

ENGLISH: Garey, Garry, Gervase, Jarvis, Jervis

FRENCH: Gervais, Gervaise

GERMAN: Gero, Gervas

ICELANDIC: Geir

ITALIAN: Gervasio

NORWEGIAN: Geir

POLISH: Gerwazy

PORTUGUESE: Gervásio

SPANISH: Gervasio