Garth is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “gentleness.” Its exact origin is debated among name scholars. In 2024 it was given to 18 boys in the United States.
Garth belongs to the Irish & Celtic and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “gentleness” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Garth first appears in Social Security records in 1906. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #444 in 1954, and in 2024 18 babies received the name — 9,659 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Garth means “gentleness” in its Irish and Celtic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Garth is a boy name. In 2024, 18 babies received the name in the US.
Garth comes from the Irish & Celtic, English & American and Scandinavian tradition.
Garth first appears in US records in 1906. Its best-ever ranking was #444 in 1954, and 18 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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