Gary

English

"spearman"

Gary Origin and Meaning

The name Gary is a boy's name of English origin meaning "spearman".

When Gary cracked the Top 10 in 1950, it was one of the first nonclassic boys’ names to do so, largely due to Gary (born Frank) Cooper, who was renamed after Gary, Indiana, his agent's hometown. Now, a 65 years later, Gary isn't particularly high in the charts, and has lost any glitter it had. May we suggest the fuller name Gareth?

Gary Rank in US Top 1000

# 961 in the US

Gary Popularity

• 961 US 2022
• 1014 Nameberry 2024
• 63 Unique 2023
• 900 England 2014

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Famous People Named Gary

• Gary Warren Hart U.S. Senator and diplomat
• Gary Barlow English TV personality and singer of pop group Take That
• Gary Busey American actor
• Gary Michael Cole American actor
• Gary Wayne Coleman American actor
• Frank James "Gary" Cooper American actor
• Gary Robert Durdin "Gary Dourdan" American actor
• Gary Evan Crosby American actor; son of singer/actor Bing Crosby
• Gary LeRoi Gray American actor
• (Ernest) Gary Gygax American creator of the game "Dungeons & Dragons"
• Gary Earl Johnson American politician; 29th governor of New Mexico
• Gary Lane American actor; twin brother Larry Lane
• Gary Larson American cartoonist of The Far Side
• Gary Winston Lineker English footballer
• (Robert William) Gary Moore Northern Irish guitarist
• Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb) English singer,songwriter
• Gary Leonard Oldman English actor
• Gary Player South African pro golfer
• Gary Alan Sinise American actor
• Gary Lee Usher American musician, songwriter and producer
• Gary Shirley American reality TV personality of "Teen Mom"
• Gary C British vlogger
• Gary Yia Lee (born Lee Yia) Hmong anthropologist and author
• Gary Medel Chilean professional footballer

Gary in Pop Culture

• Gary the Snail character on animated series "SpongeBob Squarepants"
• Gary Bell character on TV's "Alphas"
• Gary "Eggsy" Unwin main character in film "Kingsman: The Secret Service"
• Gary "Gaz" Grailquest character on TV's "The Worst Witch"
• Gary Walker character on TV's "Numb3rs"
• Gary Oak character in Pokemon video game series
• Gary Giggles character in "Spy Kids" series
• Gary main character in "Her Pocket Boyfriend" by Tina Tirrell
• Gary Indiana, USA
• Gary Chalmers aka Superintendent Chalmers character on "The Simpsons"