Given name & surname
Garrie
“one who wields a spear”
Garrie is a variant of Gary. One English interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Garrie is a variant of Gary. One English interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Garrie 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 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Garrie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 416
- 342 boys · 74 girls
- Most popular year
- 1952
- 33 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 7 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 27 in 1952. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 401 as a first name in 2020; 161 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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