Hydrogen compounds are only required to contain carbon. However, most of them also contain hydrogen, and because it is the carbon-hydrogen bond which gives this class of compounds most of its particular chemical characteristics, carbon-hydrogen bonds are required in some definitions of the word "organic" in chemistry. Millions of hydrocarbons are known, and they are usually formed by complicated synthetic pathways that seldom involve elementary hydrogen. Compounds of hydrogen are often called hydrides, a term that is used fairly loosely. The term "hydride" suggests that the H atom has acquired a negative or anionic character, denoted H, and is used when
Gary (given name) 1990s, this name was the 170th most popular, given to around 0.1% of newborn males. In the United Kingdom, its popularity peaked during the 1960s (it was the 16th most popular male name in 1964) and still ranked as high as 26th in 1984, but by the 1990s had fallen out of the top 100. Gary (given name) Gary and Garry are English language masculine given names. "Gary" is likely derived from compound names of Germanic origin, composed of the element "gar" ("spear"). Although the names "Gary" and "Gareth" are etymologically unrelated, the former being of Germanic origin and the