Garth
Garth is an English male first name and family name .
Origin and meaning
The family name Garth is derived from a family name with the Old Norse meaning " garden ", which originally referred to someone who lived near a garden or worked in a garden. The male first name is derived from this family name.
Name bearer
First name
- Garth Boesch (1920–1998), Canadian ice hockey player
- Garth Brooks (* 1962), American singer and songwriter
- Garth Butcher (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey player
- Garth Ennis (* 1970), Northern Irish comic writer
- Garth Evans (* 1934), British sculptor
- Garth Fagan (* 1940), Jamaican dancer and choreographer
- Garth Risk Hallberg (* 1978), American writer
- Garth Hudson (* 1937), Canadian multi-instrumentalist
- Garth Maxwell (* 1963), New Zealand director
- William Garth Morrison (1943–2013), British landowner and scout functionary
- Garth Murray (* 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
- Garth Nix (* 1963), Australian writer
- Garth Pillsbury (* 1938), American actor and cameraman
- Garth Richardson (* ~ 1960), Canadian music producer
- Garth Risk Hallberg (* 1978), American writer
- Garth Robinson (* 1970), Jamaican sprinter
- Garth Snow (born 1969), American ice hockey player
- Garth Stevenson (* 1982), Canadian jazz and improvisation musician
family name
- Alexander Garth (* 1958), German Protestant theologian, pastor and author
- David Garth († 2014), American political advisor
- Helwig Garth (1579–1619), German Lutheran theologian
- Jennie Garth (born 1972), American actress
- John Garth (politician) (1701–1764), British politician
- John Garth (composer) (1721-1810), British composer
- Kim Garth (* 1996), Irish cricketer
- Samuel Garth (1661–1719), English medic and poet
- Wilhelm-Rafael Garth (* 1989), German voice actor
- William Willis Garth (1828–1912), American lawyer and politician
Others
- Garth Pier , pier in Bangor, Welsh
- Garth (Texas) , location in the USA