# Garfield (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/garfield/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “spear”, “field” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡɑɹfild/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,566 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,566 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Also Garfeld, from Old English gār (“spear”) + feld (“field”).

## What it means

Garfield is grouped under sword.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 | 6,163 |
| 2002 | 11 | 6,228 |
| 2003 | 13 | 5,656 |
| 2004 | 11 | 6,688 |
| 2005 | 11 | 6,786 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,672 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10,130 |
| 2008 | 10 | 7,880 |
| 2009 | 11 | 7,368 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12,901 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,066 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,020 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,162 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,758 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,651 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: غَارْفِيلْد
- Armenian: Գարֆիլդ
- Bulgarian: Га́рфилд
- Chinese: 加菲爾德 /加菲尔德
- Georgian: გარფილდი
- Greek: Γκάρφιλντ
- Hebrew: גארפילד
- Hindi: गारफ़ील्ड
- Japanese: ガーフィールド
- Korean: 가필드
- Latvian: Gārfīlds
- Lithuanian: Garfildas
- Portuguese: Garfield
- Russian: Га́рфилд
- Spanish: Garfield
- Turkish: Garfield
- Ukrainian: Га́рфілд, Ґа́рфілд

## People named Garfield

- Garfield Darien, French hurdling athlete
- Garfield Wood, American motorboat racer (1880-1971)
- Garfield Smith, American basketball player
- Garfield Morgan, British actor (1931–2009)
- James Garfield Gardiner, Canadian farmer, educator, and politician (1883-1962)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.