# Gayheart (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gayheart/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An American surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,449 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,867 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 213,075 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.4% (1,362 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Thought to be a corruption of the German Gerhardt or a calque of the French Jolicoeur.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gayheart in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gayheart in the United States.

## People named Gayheart

- Rebecca Gayheart, American actress

## Similar surnames

Gayhart, Garrett, Grady, Garrido, Garrity, Groth, Gard, Gordy, Grote, Gardea, Garwood, Garth.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.