Garrett (name)

Garrett's popularity from 2006 to 2016 in the United States
YearRank
2016308
2015269
2014236
2013228
2012213
2011190
2010188
2009184
2008161
2007162
2006139
Source: Social Security Administration.[1]
See also: All pages beginning with Garrett

Garrett is a surname and given name of Germanic and of Old French origins. It is one of the many baptismal surnames to have been derived from the popular names of Gerard and Gerald in 12th-century England. Both of these names were taken to Britain by the conquering Normans and are the Old French versions of ancient Germanic personal names. The name Gerard (or Germanic: Gerhard) is composed of the Germanic elements gēr or gār (meaning "spear") and hard ("brave", "hard" or "strong"), while Gerald is composed of again gēr or gār ("spear") and wald ("to rule") [2][3][4][5] Although Garrett remains predominantly only a surname in the UK and Ireland, elsewhere in the English-speaking world it has become a popular masculine first name (e.g. in Ireland and the United States).

Other surnames derived from Gerard and Gerald include: Gerrard, Garratt, Garret, Garred, Garrad, Garrard, Garrod, Jarrett, Jared, Jarratt, Jarrard, and Jerrold.

People with the given name

People with the surname

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. Popularity of name, SSA
  2. http://www.behindthename.com/name/gerald
  3. http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Gerrard
  4. http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Garrett
  5. Family Names And Family History, David Hey, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006, ISBN 1852855509, 9781852855505. page. 42


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