Given name
Garreth
“one who is gentle”
Garreth is a variant of Gareth. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is gentle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Garreth is a variant of Gareth. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is gentle.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Garreth is a variant of Gareth. Gareth has been associated with Celtic and Welsh naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Garreth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 431
- 431 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 19 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 533 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.
Garreth’s family of names
Garreth has a related form in Gareth.
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.
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