Garrett

Irish variation of Gerard

"spear strength"

Garrett Origin and Meaning

The name Garrett is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "spear strength".

Garrett, also spelled with one 't', is an Irish-inflected name that was in the Top 100 in the nineties, but has now slipped in popularity.

Perhaps best known now as a Twilight name--Garrett was a vampire in Stephanie Meyer's Breaking Dawn-- there have also been Garretts on Boston Legal and as Jack Nicholson's astronaut character in Terms of Endearment. Garrett Morris is a SNL alum.

Related options: Garrison, Gerrit, Garrick and Garth.

Garrett Rank in US Top 1000

# 482 in the US

Garrett Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 467 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Garrett

• 482 US 2023
• 467 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Garrett

• Garrett Birkhoff American mathematician
• Garrett Keith Gomez American jockey
• Garrett Watts American Youtuber/Viner
• Garrett Gonzalez Morris American actor/comedian
• Garrett Ecstasy American musician
• Garrett John Hedlund American actor
• Garrett Neff American model
• Garrett Wang American actor
• Garrett Weber Gale, American Olympic swimmer
• Garrett McIntyre American football player
• Garrett Hartley American football player
• Garrett Chisolm American football player
• Garrett Graham American football player
• Garrett Richard Wang American actor
• Garrett James Hardin American ecologist and population researcher
• Garrett Gedrick son of actor Jason Gedrick
• Garrett Hilbert American YouTuber of Dude Perfect
• Garrett Gee American YouTuber of The Bucket List Family
• Garrett David Duggar (b. 2018) son of American reality television personalities Joseph and Kendra Duggar

The name Garrett in Pop Culture

• Garrett Reynolds police officer on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
• Garrett Russell character on TV's "Medium"
• Garrett character on TV's "The Client List"
• Garrett Xander Lambert character on TV's "Community"
• Garrett Spenger main character on TV's "I Didn't Do It"
• Garrett the main protagonist of the videogame series "Thief"