Given name & surname
Garri
“one who wields a spear”
Garri is a variant of Gary. One English interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Garri is a variant of Gary. One English interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Garri 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 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Garri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 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 girls is 5 in 1971. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 213 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.
Garri’s family of names
Garri has a related form in Gary. In Greek usage, Garri as a surname is a transliteration of Γαρρή.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Garri
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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