Garris

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Garris by the numbers

Garris was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 1979, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Garris

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Garris. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Garrus10 in the US (2017)
  • Garrin5 in the US (2017)
  • Garrisongarrison; fortified place; settlement168 in the US (2017)
  • Garretspear strength; a form of Garrett or Gerald45 in the US (2017)
  • Garrickspear ruler30 in the US (2017)
  • Garryspear ruler; a form of Gary or Gareth28 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Garris

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