Garland - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Garland \g(a)-rla-

, also used as girl's name Garland, is pronounced GAR-land. It is of Old English and Old French origin, and its meaning is "land of the spear; wreath; prize". Place name. Musician Garland Jeffries.

Garland has 7 variant forms: Garlan, Garlen, Garlend, Garlin, Garlind, Garllan and Garlyn.

For more information, see also the related name Garson.

Baby names that sound like Garland are Karlan, Carlin, Carling, Carolan, Corlan, Karlin and Karlens.

Garland is a very common first name for men (#518 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#1257 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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