Garth (name) explained

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

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 Everett (1954-2023), American attorney and lawyer
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
Garth Nix (born 1963), Australian fantasy author
Garth Norman (born 1938), British clergyman
Garth Richardson (born 1960), Canadian 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 (1988–1993 and 2006–2008)
Garth Wilkin, politician from Saint Kitts and Nevis
Garth Williams (1912–1996), American children's book illustrator

Fictional characters

Garth, an anthropomorphic wolf from the animated film series Alpha and Omega
Garth, a DC Comics superhero also known as Aqualad and Tempest
Garth, the Hero of Will from the video game series Fable
Garth, hero of long-running 1970s British newspaper strip of the same name drawn by Frank Bellamy and Martin Asbury
Garth, in the Heritage of Shannara series by Terry Brooks
Garth of Izar, a Fleet Captain in the Star Trek episode "Whom Gods Destroy"
Garth family, farmers in the 19th century novel Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life
Garth Algar, a main character from the skit and film series Wayne's World
Judge Henry Garth, judicial character on the TV show The Virginian
Garth Fitzgerald IV, from the series Supernatural
Garth Marenghi, a fictional horror author
Garth Ranzz, a DC Comics character also known as Lightning Lad or Live Wire
Garth Stubbs, nicknamed "Garthy", a character in British sitcom Birds of a Feather
Garth Volbeck, a character in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Surname

Brian Garth (born 1979), American singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, sound engineer and producer, co-creator of Black Camaro
Charles Garth (c. 1734–1784), British Member of Parliament, British Crown Agent for South Carolina, Georgia and briefly Maryland
Jennie Garth (born 1972), American Beverly Hills, 90210 actress
Jimmy Garth (1922–1972), Scottish footballer
John Garth (1701–1764), British politician
John Garth (composer) (1721–1810), English composer
Kim Garth (born 1996), Irish women's cricketer
Lakita Garth, African-American advocate of sexual abstinence, public speaker and author
Leonard I. Garth (1921–2016), American judge
Richard Garth (1820–1903), Chief Justice of Bengal and Privy Counsellor
Samuel Garth (1661–1719), British physician
Thomas Garth (British Army officer) (1744–1829), British Army general, chief equerry to George III
Thomas Garth (Royal Navy) (died 1841), British Royal Navy captain

Notes and References

Web site: Meaning, origin and history of the name Garth. Campbell. Mike . Behind the Name. 2019-09-25.