Garth - Meaning of Garth

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[ 1 syll. gar-(t)(h), ga-r-th ] The baby boy name Garth is pronounced as GaaR-TH †. Garth's language of origin is Welsh and Old Norse. It is predominantly used in English and Scandinavian. From Old Norse roots, its meaning is 'enclosure, protection, from the garden'.

Garth is an English and Scandinavian contracted form of the English and Welsh Gareth.

Forms of Garth include the names Gart, Garte, and Garthe.

Other variants of the name include the familiar form Gare and the English contracted form Gar.

See also the related categories, english, protection, welsh, garden, and scandinavian.

Garth is an unusual baby boy name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1954 with 0.013% of baby boys being named Garth. It was #444 in rank then. The baby name has steeply slipped in popularity since then, and is used only on a very light scale now. Among all boy names in its family, Garth was nevertheless the most commonly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Garth include Garad, Gared, Garrwode, Gart, Garte, Garthe, Geerte, Gerd, Gert, Gérard, Géraud, Gord, Guard, Guarde, Garet, Gareth, Garett, Garith, Garod, and Garrad.

† Pronunciation for Garth: G as in "grin (G.R.IH.N)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)"

A famous person named Garth is Country Musician, Garth Brooks, born 7 February 1962, Tulsa, Oklahoma.