Garfield

Where Garfield comes from

Also Garfeld, from Old English gār (“spear”) + feld (“field”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Garfield
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #110 among boys — 122 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Peak, #88
    147 babies named Garfield — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #190.
  4. 1908
    Garfield Todd born
    Prime Minister of South Rhodesia
  5. 1987
    Garfield Darien born
    French hurdling athlete
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Garfield Darien · French hurdling athlete, born 1987
  • Garfield Todd · Prime Minister of South Rhodesia, 1908–2002
  • Garfield Wood · American motorboat racer, 1880–1971
  • Garfield Morgan · British actor, 1931–2009
  • Garfield Smith · American basketball player, born 1945

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.