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Garreth
How to Pronounce Garreth
Pronounced GAIR-eth /ˈɡɛr.əθ/Medium
Meaning: Garreth is a spelling variant of Gareth, a Welsh name borne by a noble knight of King Arthurs Round Table, usually read as gentle, and sometimes linked to a word for old man or spear.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Garreth is a doubled-r spelling of Gareth, a Welsh Arthurian name usually read as gentle. It appeared for American boys only faintly, around 1990, riding the wider interest in Welsh and Celtic names.
It was never common in this form, given to only about twenty boys a year at most, while standard Gareth was more familiar. A boy named Garreth then would be in his mid thirties today. The spelling reads as a personal variant rather than a distinct name.
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What does the name Garreth mean?
It is a spelling variant of Gareth, an Arthurian Welsh name usually read as gentle.
How do you pronounce Garreth?
It is said GAIR-eth /ˈɡɛr.əθ/, two syllables with the stress on the first.
Is Garreth a boy or girl name?
Garreth is used as a boys name.
How popular is Garreth?
It has always been rare in this spelling, given to only about twenty boys a year at its peak around nineteen-ninety.