Name: Garrison
Gender: Male
Usage: Garrison is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Garrison are in general originating from Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Garrison across the world, see Garrett.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Garrison is: Strong, Troops in battle.
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Numerology of the first name Garrison: 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 11. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: charismatic, inspiring, dreamy, six-sensed, discerning.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Charismatic, Inspiring
Ruling planet: Moon
Colors: Green, Cream
Gemstones: Pearl, Jade, Moonstone
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The name Garrison is ranked on the 9,824th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 26000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Garrison has eight characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Garrison for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Garrison is 16 October.
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History and Origin
Garrison is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Carol Garrison (born 1952), President of the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 2002 to 2012
- C. K. Garrison, entrepreneur and Mayor of San Francisco (1853–54)
- Fielding Hudson Garrison (1870–1935), American scholar of the history of medicine
- Ford Garrison (1915–2001), Major League Baseball outfielder
- Gary Garrison (born 1944), American professional football player
- Jennifer Garrison (born 1962), American politician from Ohio
- Jim Garrison (1921–1992), Louisiana district attorney, investigator of John F. Kennedy assassination
- Jimmy Garrison (1933–1976), American jazz double bassist
- Matthew Garrison (born 1970), American jazz electric bassist
- Lane Garrison (born 1980), American actor
- Lindley Miller Garrison (1864–1932), US Secretary of War under President Woodrow Wilson
- Orestes Garrison (1813-1874), American politician
- Roger Garrison (born 1944), American economist
- Sean Garrison (born 1937), American actor
- T. Ed Garrison, Jr. (1922–2013), American farmer and politician
- Walt Garrison (born 1944), former National Football League player
- William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879), American abolitionist leader
- William F. Garrison, United States Army major general
- William Garrison (geographer) (born 1924), American civil engineer and geographer
- Zina Garrison (born 1963), former professional tennis player
Given name:
- Garrison Hearst (born 1971), American football player
- Garrison Keillor (born 1942), American author and radio host of A Prairie Home Companion
Fictional characters:
- C.J. Garrison, on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
- Clarke Garrison, on The Bold and the Beautiful
- Herbert Garrison, aka Mr./Mrs. Garrison, from the television program South Park
- Garrison Kane, in the Marvel Comics universe
English (mainly U.S.): transferred use of the surname, originally a local name from Garriston in North Yorkshire or else a patronymic for the son of someone called Garret. William Lloyd Garrison (1805–79) was a prominent American anti-slavery campaigner: the given name may originally have been bestowed in honour of him. It is now sometimes given to the sons of fathers who are called Gary or Garry (cf. Jefferson).
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