Name: Gareth
Gender: Male
Usage: Gareth, of celtic origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Gareth are in general originating from France, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Gareth is: Gentle.
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Numerology of the first name Gareth: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond
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The name Gareth is ranked on the 1,079th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 482000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.007% of the population. The name Gareth has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Gareth for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Gareth [ˈɡarɛθ] is a Welsh and English 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". Its popularity in Wales may be related to the popularity of Gary, a name sometimes taken as a pet form of Gareth.
Welsh and English: of Celtic origin, but uncertain ultimate derivation. It first occurs in Malory's Morte D'Arthur, as the name of the lover of Eluned and seems to have been heavily altered from its original form, whatever that may have been (possibly the same as Geraint). It is now very common in Wales, partly because Gary, which is actually an independent name, is often taken to be a pet form of it.
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