Given name & surname
Garret
“one who is mighty with a spear”
In English use, Garret is a variant of Garrett. In English use, Garrett carries the interpretation “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Garret is a variant of Garrett. In English use, Garrett carries the interpretation “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Garret is a form of Garrett. Garrett comes from Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Garret through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,252
- 13,247 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 590 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,341 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −46%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,341 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 45.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 590 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,629 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 16,157 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Garret’s family of names
In English usage, Garret has a related form in Garrett. Garret has a related form in Garrett.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Garret
- Garret Hobartvice president of the United States from 1897 to 18991844–1899
- Garret FitzGeraldIrish politician and prime minister (1926–2011)
- Garret DillahuntAmerican actorborn 1964
- Garret GravesAmerican politician (born 1972)
- Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of MorningtonIrish politician and aristocrat1735–1781
- Jacknife LeeIrish music producerborn 1967
- Garret D. WallAmerican politician (1783-1850)
- Garret KuschCanadian soccer footballerborn 1973
- Garret AndersonAmerican baseball player (1972–2026)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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