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Garrette

Boy · GAIR-it · Germanic

Garrette is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “spear-brave”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Garrette mean?

Germanic: variant of Garrett, from Gerard

“spear-brave”

A variant spelling of Garrett, which comes from the Germanic name Gerard, made from words for spear and brave.

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Is Garrette a girl's or a boy's name?

Garrette is a boys' name.

How popular is Garrette in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1952.

Half of all the boys named Garrette in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

1952Busiest: 22 in 19912015
Garrette in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20156#10,638
20145#12,102
20135#12,129
20120–
20110–
20107#9,686
20090–
20080–
20077#9,782
20068#8,726
20056#10,144
200410#6,970
200320#4,109
20029#7,048
200116#4,670
200014#5,034
199911#5,650
199815#4,409
19979#6,094
199619#3,543
19959#5,922
199410#5,446
199311#4,995
199216#3,740
199122#2,909
19909#5,375
19895#7,898
19885#7,264
19875#6,945
19868#4,848
19856#5,780
19840–
19837#4,904
19829#4,232
19815#6,260
19808#4,493
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19755#5,462
19746#4,632
19730–
19720–
19710–
19708#3,519
19690–
19685#4,135
19670–
19665#3,946
19656#3,535
19640–
19636#3,645
19627#3,303
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19547#3,174
19535#3,796
19528#2,872

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