Gary?

[garyjive]

I'm interested to know - would any expectant parents on here be willing or planning on calling their child Gary?
It's a sturdy name, but apparently falling out of favour.
Save Gary!
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[Mooncake2020]

Met my partner Gary when he was 18, didn't ever seem like a weird name and I've never met another l!

[Fi1982]

garyjive you sound so sweet and earnest, I’m growing quite fond of the name! If I were to have a boy, I’d now consider Gary. As a pp said, the sound is growing on me through repetition 😁 I’d definitely choose it over Barry if that’s any consolation.

Also, Gary Wilmot, another great Gal right there 👍

[TheWashingMachine]

@FiddlesticksAkimbo

[FiddlesticksAkimbo]

This also works really well if he loses his hair in later life.

[TheWashingMachine]

Call him Garibaldi! Go on, I dare you! Gary for short, it's so out there it is actually quite cool.

[Emmacb82]

I’m married to a Gary, but I’m afraid I won’t be having a Gary junior lol.

[Justjoinedforthis]

I think our kids' generation will call their children Gary, Tracey, Susan etc. After reading this thread and hearing 'Gary' in my head so many times it has grown on me though!
To digress, I wanted to call our son Keith, but was vetoed! If you remove all the cultural baggage, Keith is a lovely old English name, meaning 'Of the forest'.

[garyjive]

But why do people think Gary is an awful name?
Does it sound bad, though Harry doesn't?
Does it conjure up bad images/memories?
What am I missing?

[nowaypose]

I went to school with one in the noughties, he had bright ginger hair so obviously was known as ginger Gary. It’s an awful name.

[MyGhastIsFlabbered]

After Team America Gary became a bit of a joke between a friend and me, we always call each other Gary. So it's a no from me.

[Bitchbadgerplease]

Vegan cheese!
I actually don't think it sounds like a name at all. More a brand or something? Maybe I'm thinking of garibaldi?!

[ImportantWater]

Gary was my absolute favourite boys name when I was 12. Along with Scott and James. Only one of those made the shortlist for DS.

[Judashascomeintosomemoney]

DP is a Gary. Horrid name
Auntie Julie, is that you?

[nameymcnamechangeagain]

DP is a Gary. Horrid name. 😂

[movingdilemma1234]

I think it's so awful that it's cool iyswim

[YourOpinionIsNoted]

I always assumed that Gary the dog was so called because it was then Carrie Fisher & Gary Fisher? Rather than any particular fondness for the name Gary?!

[StarryGazeyEyes]

And Carrie Fisher's dog - good enough for her is good enough for me!

[StarryGazeyEyes]

I love it, much better than cutsey retro names. Gary Numan, Cole, Moore, Oldman, The Snail - all awesome!

[Charlottejbt]

I had a neighbour Gary who was old enough to have fought in WW2. I think we will have to wait for the 1960s Garys to die off before the name gets trendy again, assuming the vogue for kitsch working class names of yesteryear continues.

[Judashascomeintosomemoney]

I bet if Peaky Blinders has a Gary in it next year, you'll all be hopping right back on the Gary Train!!!

No need to wait for a Peaky revival, just watch King Gary BBC One Friday 10th January 9.30pm! I anticipate this being the dawn of a new era of Gary. There’s even and Big Gary and a Little Gary.
(This is in no way going to remind me of my childhood. Yes, it’s set in a working class London suburb, about builders and other associated trades, and yes there’s a lot of Garys, Lees and Pauls, but it’s nothing like my early life. )
All joking apart, only nice Garys in my family and school friends circa 1979. The Garys were love. The Bretts however, gits, the lot of them.

[MerryDeath]

I'm 3 days overdue but i won't be calling him Gary, nor Archie, Alfie or Albie. nothing that's in the top 500 for that matter!

[Cindie943811A]

I’m an amateur genealogist and over the years have, with no exaggeration, perused thousands of family trees and parish records and can honestly say I have never come across the name Gary in England before the 20th Century.
A name best left unrevived in my opinion..

[orangeblosssom]

Not a fan of Gary.

[MustBeThursday]

I don't have any boys, but I did name DD1's toy giraffe Gary when we bought it if it's any consolation.

[MikeUniformMike]

I did it jokingly. I wanted to suggest Garyson but lost my nerve in case someone named a baby that.
I don't think longer names work all that well. Most get shortened.
Even Gary becomes Gaz or Gar.
Did nobody suggest Gareth? The welsh shortened version is Gai (pr. Guy)