Garry

  • [ GER-ee, GAR-ee ]
  • English
Variant of GARY.

GARY   male   English
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.
OTHER FORMS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Gero, Gervas, Gervasius
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Geirr
ENGLISH (BRITISH): Gaz
ENGLISH: Garey, Gary, Gervase, Jarvis, Jervis
FRENCH: Gervais, Gervaise
GERMAN: Gero, Gervas
ICELANDIC: Geir
ITALIAN: Gervasio
NORWEGIAN: Geir
POLISH: Gerwazy
PORTUGUESE: Gervásio
SPANISH: Gervasio