The first name Garland
A boy’s name meaning “triangular piece of land”.
2 syllables Male Also a surname
Meaning and origin
Garland means “triangular piece of land”.
English surname, from the noun garland. Also derived from Garland in Devon, from an ancestor of the noun gore (“triangular piece of land”) + land.
More names that mean earth.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Garland at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 12 boys born in the United States were named Garland, the 6,928th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1922, when 478 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Garland
4 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Garland JeffreysAmerican musician, born 1943
- J. G. QuintelAmerican animator, born 1982
- Sim InessAthletics competitor (1930–1996)
- Hank CochranAmerican country musician (1935-2010)
Questions
- What does the name Garland mean?
- Garland means “triangular piece of land”.
- Is Garland a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 97% of the 24,712 US babies named Garland since 1880 were boys.
- When was Garland most popular?
- 1922 in the United States, when 478 babies were named Garland, its highest rank at 258th.
- Is Garland also a surname?
- Yes. Garland is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.