Given name & surname
Garris
“from the spear-fortified town”
Garris is a variant of Garrison. One English interpretation is “from the spear-fortified town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Garris is a variant of Garrison. One English interpretation is “from the spear-fortified town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Garris is a variant of Garrison. An origin associated with Garrison is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Garris is a variant of Garrison. The history of Garrison gives this family its wider story. Garrison’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Garris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 92
- 92 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 8 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 8 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 194 as a first name in 2020; 6,634 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.
Garris’s family of names
Garris has a related form in Garrison. In Greek usage, Garris as a surname is a transliteration of Γαρρής.
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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