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Garth (name)

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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.

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It is also possible that the name Garth comes from the Welsh name 'Gareth', Gareth [ˈɡarɛθ] is 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, 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
  • 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
  • Garth Tander, Australian racing driver
  • Fictional persons

  • Garth of Izar, also known as Lord Garth, Master of the Universe, fictional insane character in the Star Trek episode "Whom Gods Destroy"
  • Garth (Shannara), fictional character in the The Heritage of Shannara series by Terry Brooks
  • Garth (comics), a DC Comics superhero known as Aqualad and Tempest
  • Garth Algar, a main character from the skit and movie series Wayne's World
  • Garth Marenghi, the fictional horror author
  • Garth Ranzz, also known as Lightning Lad or Live Wire, is a fictional superhero from DC Comics' Legion of Superheroes
  • Garth (comic strip), hero of long-running British newspaper strip, in the 1970s drawn by Frank Bellamy and Martin Asbury
  • Garth, the Hero of Will from Fable (video game series)
  • Garth Motherloving, the villain on the Simpsons episode "Sweets and Sour Marge", voiced by Ben Stiller
  • Garth Fitzgerald IV, a character from the TV series Supernatural
  • Garth, an anthropomorphic wolf from the animated film series Alpha and Omega
  • Garth as middle name or nickname

  • Alfred Garth Jones (1872-1955), an English illustrator
  • Graham Douglas "Garth" McKenzie (born 1941), former Australian and Western Australian cricketer
  • James John Garth Wilkinson (1812–1899), homeopathic physician and social reformer
  • Garth as surname

  • Brian Garth American musician Black Camaro, producer
  • Charles Garth MP, c.1734-1784 MP for Devizes, British colonial agent, South Carolina
  • Jennie Garth, American Beverly Hills, 90210 actress
  • Jimmy Garth, Scottish footballer
  • John Garth, 1701–1764, a British politician
  • John Garth (composer), 1721–1810, an English composer
  • Lakita Garth, African American speaker
  • Leonard I. Garth 1921-2016, American judge
  • Sir Richard Garth, 1820–1903, Chief Justice of Bengal and Privy Counsellor
  • Sir Samuel Garth, 1661–1719, British physician
  • General Thomas Garth (General), Equerry to George III
  • Captain Thomas Garth (Royal Navy), British Naval Commander
  • Garth by title or location

  • Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet, of Garth (died c. 1678), Welsh merchant and politician
  • John MacDonald of Garth (1771–1866), Canadian fur trader
  • References

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