Garth (name)

A garth is an enclosed quadrangle or yard, especially one surrounded by a cloister (Middle English; Old Norse garþr, garðr; akin to Anglo-Saxon geard). This led to the word being given as a last name to people who worked in or near a garden.[1] Later it came to be used as a first name.

It is also possible that the name Garth comes from Gareth [ˈɡarɛθ], a Welsh masculine given name of uncertain meaning. It first appeared in this form in Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, in which it belonged to Sir Gareth, a brother of Gawain and one of the Knights of the Round Table. Malory based it on Gahariet, a name found in French Arthurian texts; it may have a Welsh origin, perhaps connected with the name Geraint, or the word gwaredd, meaning "gentleness". It is particularly popular in Wales, and Gary is sometimes taken as a pet form of it.

Given name or nickname

  • Garth Brooks (born 1962), top-selling American country music artist
  • Garth Christian, English nature writer
  • Garth Crooks (born 1958), former Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur footballer
  • Garth Drabinsky (born 1949), former Canadian film and theatrical producer and entrepreneur
  • Garth Ennis (born 1970), Irish comics writer
  • Garth Fagan (born 1940), Jamaican choreographer
  • Garth Hound, San Francisco based electronic musician
  • Garth Hudson (born 1937), Canadian organist for rock group The Band
  • Garth Jennings (born 1972), film director in "Hammer & Tongs" team
  • Graham Garth McKenzie (born 1941), former Australian and Western Australian cricketer
  • Garth Nix (born 1963), Australian fantasy author
  • Garth Richardson, music producer
  • Garth Saloner (born c. 1955), South African-born American economist
  • Garth Snow (born 1969), American ice hockey goaltender
  • Garth Tander (born 1977), Australian racing driver
  • Hon. Garth Turner (born 1949), Canadian MP for Halton (1988-93 & 2006-08)
  • Garth Williams (1912–1996), American children's book illustrator

Fictional characters

Surname

References

  1. Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Garth". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
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