The garvey Surname
garvey Name Meaning and History
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gairbhshíth
‘descendant of Gairbhshíth’, a personal name from
garbh ‘rough’, ‘cruel’ + síth ‘peace’. See
also McGarvey.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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