Garrison - Origin and Meaning of the name

The boy name Garrison [ 3 syll. gar-ri-son, ga-rris-on ] is pronounced GAERahSahN ^KEY. Garrison's origin is unknown and it is predominantly used in the English language. The first name is from a surname, which is itself from a place from Garriston in North Yorkshire. The surname could have been a name bestowed for a son of someone name Garret. The name was popularized in the USA by the fame of the US anti-slavery campaigner William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879).

Garrison is a somewhat popular baby name for boys. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1980s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1999, 0.017% of baby boys were given the name Garrison. It ranked at #566 then. In 2007, it ranked at #890 with a usage of 0.010%, and it was the most popular out of all boy names in its group.

Baby names that sound like Garrison include the Portuguese and Spanish Graciano, the English and German Gratian, and the English Grayson.

^KEY: Pronunciation for Garrison: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"

A famous person named Garrison is Radio Personality Garrison Keillor, born 7 August 1942, Anoka, Minnesota.

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