Given name & surname
Garrad
“one who is mighty with a spear”
Garrad is a form of Gerard. One English interpretation is “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Garrad carries the interpretation “one who is mighty with a spear.” Garrad is a form of Gerard. One English interpretation is “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Garrad is used as a form of Gerard.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Garrad through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 5 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 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Garrad’s family of names
Garrad is a form of Gerard. Garrad has a related form in Garred. Garrad has a related form in Garrid.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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