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garrett Name Meaning and History

English: from either of two Germanic personal names introduced to Britain by the Normans: Gerard, composed of the elements gar, ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’; and Gerald, composed of the elements gar, ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + wald ‘rule’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of garrett Families in the US in 1920
Number of garrett families
 578-1154
 193-577		 1-192
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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