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Gary vs Garry - What's the difference?

gary | garry |

As proper nouns the difference between gary and garry

is that gary is {{surname|patronymic|from=Middle English} while Garry is a given name derived from surnames, a mostly British variant of Gary.

gary

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A town in Indiana, and other US places named for persons with the surname Gary.
  • A city in South Dakota
  • , 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."

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    garry

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , a mostly British variant of Gary.