Given name & surname
Garey
“one who wields a spear”
Garey is a variant of Gary. One English interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Garey is a variant of Gary. One English interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Garey is a variant of Gary. A possible origin is Germanic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1931. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Garey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,457
- 1,457 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1952
- 61 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 6 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 61 in 1952. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,042 as a first name in 2020; 2,630 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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