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Gary vs Greg - What's the difference?

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As proper nouns the difference between gary and greg

is that gary is while greg is an english and scottish male given name, diminutive of gregory or gregor (and sometimes derived from the surname greig).

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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    greg

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An English and Scottish male given name, diminutive of Gregory or Gregor (and sometimes derived from the surname Greig)
    • English diminutives of male given names