Given name & surname
Garrey
“one who wields a spear”
Garrey is a variant of Gary. One English interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Garrey is a variant of Gary. One English interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Garrey is a variant of Gary. A possible origin is Germanic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Garrey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1945
- 6 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 6 in 1954. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 129 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Garrey
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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