noun

• A surname from Middle English [in turn originating as a patronymic].
• A male given name transferred from the surname, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s.
• A number of places in the United States:
• A city in Lake County, Indiana, named after Elbert Henry Gary.
• A neighbourhood of Tampa, Florida.
• An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
• A minor city in Norman County, Minnesota, named after Garrett L. Thorpe.
• A city in Deuel County, South Dakota.
• A minor city in McDowell County, West Virginia, named after Elbert Henry Gary, and incorporated in 1971.
• shortened form of Gary Glitter (“anus”).