Garfield Family History
Garfield Name Meaning
English (Midlands): topographic name from Middle English gor(e) gar(e) ‘triangular piece’ + feld ‘open country field’ (Old English gār + feld) for someone who lived by a triangular piece of land. English: alternatively sometimes perhaps a variant of Carville (a name of Norman origin) with excrescent final -d. Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022