Garland - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Garland \g(a)-rla-nd, gar-land\ 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 popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Garland. Click here to compare Garland with related baby names.