Garrick

Where Garrick comes from

From Old English *Gārrīċ (from gār (“spear”) + rīċ), from Proto-Germanic *Gaizarīks. Doublet of Gaiseric.
— Wiktionary's entry for Garrick
  • Old English
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1927
    First appearance
    #4,210 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1939
    Garrick Hagon born
    English actor
  3. 1948
    Garrick Ohlsson born
    American pianist
  4. 1973
    Peak, #509
    233 babies named Garrick — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #783.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Old English.
Namesakes
  • Garrick Ohlsson · American pianist, born 1948
  • Garrick Hagon · English actor, born 1939
  • Garrick Mallery · American ethnologist, 1831–1894
  • Garrick Utley · American newsreader, 1939–2014
  • Garrick Agnew · Australian swimmer, British Empire Games gold medallist, businessman, 1930–1987

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.