Garth (name)
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. [1] Later it came to be used as a first name.
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.
- 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
- Graham Douglas "Garth" McKenzie, former Australian and Western Australian cricketer
- 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
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 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
- Leonard I. Garth, 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
- Alfred Garth Jones, 1872-1955, an English illustrator