Given name & surname
Garnette
“resembling the dark-red gem”
Garnette is a variant of Garnet. One English interpretation is “resembling the dark-red gem.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Garnette is a variant of Garnet. One English interpretation is “resembling the dark-red gem.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Garnette is a variant of Garnet. An origin associated with Garnet is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Garnette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 945
- 0 boys · 945 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 40 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 girls is 5 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 40 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 362 as a first name in 2020; 309 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.
Garnette’s family of names
Garnette has a related form in Garnet.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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