Given name & surname
Garnell
“one who gathers or keeps grain”
Garnell is a variant of Garner. One English interpretation is “one who gathers or keeps grain.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Garnell is a variant of Garner. One English interpretation is “one who gathers or keeps grain.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Garnell is a variant of Garner. An origin associated with Garner is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Garnell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 505
- 406 boys · 99 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 20 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 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1964. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 347 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Garnell’s family of names
Garnell has a related form in Garner.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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