Garnett

Where Garnett comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Garnett.

Garnett through the years
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #866 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1909
    Peak, #505
    26 babies named Garnett, its best rank.
  3. 1936
    Garnett Brown born
    American musician
  4. 1938
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  5. 1982
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,482.
  6. 1987
    Garnett Genuis born
    Canadian politician
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Garnett Brown · American musician, 1936–2021
  • Garnett Genuis · Canadian politician, born 1987
  • Garnett Adrain · American politician, 1815–1878
  • Garnett Duncan · American politician, 1800–1875
  • Garnett Thomas Eisele · United States federal judge, 1923–2017

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.