Name: Garth
Gender: Male
Usage: Garth, of norse origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Garth are in general originating from United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Garth is: Enclosed garden, Garden.
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Numerology of the first name Garth: 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 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Garth is ranked on the 2,532nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 148200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.003% of the population. The name Garth has five 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 Garth for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
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. Later it came to be used as a first name.
- Garth Brooks, top-selling American country music artist
- Garth Christian, English nature writer
- Garth Crooks, former Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur footballer
- Garth Drabinsky, former Canadian film and theatrical producer and entrepreneur
- Garth Ennis, Irish comics writer
- Garth Hound, San Francisco based electronic musician
- Garth Hudson, Canadian organist for rock group The Band
- Garth Jennings, film director in "Hammer & Tongs" team
- Graham Douglas "Garth" McKenzie, former Australian and Western Australian cricketer
- Garth Nix, Australian fantasy author
- Garth Richardson, Music producer
- Garth Snow, retired ice hockey goaltender
- Hon. Garth Turner, Canadian MP for Halton (1988-93 & 2006-08)
- Garth Williams, American children's book illustrator
English and Welsh: from a surname, but often taken to be a contracted form of Gareth. As a surname it originated in the north of England, and originally denoted someone who lived beside an enclosure (Old Norse garðr). In modern times its popularity has been influenced by the virile superhero of this name, main character in a long-running strip cartoon in the Daily Mirror newspaper.
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