Given name
Garrik
“one who rules by the spear”
Garrik is a variant of Garrick. One English interpretation is “one who rules by the spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Garrik is a variant of Garrick. One English interpretation is “one who rules by the spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Garrik is a variant of Garrick. An origin associated with Garrick is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Garrik through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 34
- 34 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 11 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 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2001.
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.
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