Given name & surname
Garman
“a spearman”
Garman is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a spearman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a spearman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Garman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 12 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 6 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 1921. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,447 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.
Garman’s family of names
Garman has a related form in Gar. Garman has a related form in Garmann. Garman has a related form in Garmen.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Garmonvariant · English
- Garrvariant
- Garvariant
- Garrmynvariant
- Garrminvariant
- Garrmunvariant
- Garrmonvariant
- Garrmenvariant
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