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. Later it came to be used as a first name.

It is also possible that the name Garth comes from Gareth ˆÉ¡arɛθ 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 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 (1988–1993 and 2006–2008)
* Garth Williams (1912–1996), American children's book illustrator

Fictional characters

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

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

References

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English masculine given names