Given name & surname
Gar
“a spearman”
Gar is a variant of Garman. One English interpretation is “a spearman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gar is a variant of Garman. One English interpretation is “a spearman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gar is a variant of Garman. An origin associated with Garman is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 219
- 219 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 549 as a first name in 2020; 419 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Gar, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
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>99% boys
Gerard
“one who is mighty with a spear”
>99% boys
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“strong as a bear”
>99% boys
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“a healer; one who is calm”
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Arnie
“resembling an eagle” · “the eagle ruler”
>99% boys