Gareth Forename
8,070th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 129,151 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales
Gareth Forename Definition:
A male name. the name which appears as Gareth in Malory’s Mort d’Arthur is Gahariet in his French source, and probably results from a misreading or mis-hearing of some Welsh name. Gareth was given to a child baptized at Wigan in 1593, and has been used from time to tíme since Tennyson made it generally known in his Gareth and Lynnet.
Read More About This ForenameGareth Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 62,213 | 1:894 | 202 |
| Wales | 100% | 25,184 | 1:123 | 16 |
| South Africa | 100% | 10,297 | 1:5,296 | 1,012 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6,023 | 1:306 | 67 |
| Australia | - | 4,933 | 1:2,769 | 467 |
| United States | 100% | 4,759 | 1:76,179 | 3,715 |
| New Zealand | - | 3,511 | 1:1,292 | 304 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,987 | 1:1,791 | 276 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,781 | 1:2,607 | 353 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,698 | 1:19,513 | 1,789 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| Thailand | 100% | 410 | 1:170,892 | 11,983 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| Poland | 100% | 377 | 1:100,868 | 2,190 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 218 | 1:77,532 | 4,456 |
| Germany | 100% | 206 | 1:469,310 | 5,106 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 198 | 1:77,898 | 6,023 |
| Jamaica | - | 194 | 1:14,862 | 1,421 |
| Bahrain | - | 163 | 1:8,274 | 1,321 |
| France | 100% | 160 | 1:415,440 | 4,912 |
| Philippines | 89% | 123 | 1:861,866 | 24,554 |
| Singapore | 83% | 117 | 1:53,736 | 6,750 |
| Kenya | - | 114 | 1:406,203 | 12,374 |
| Guernsey | - | 109 | 1:581 | 140 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 104 | 1:78,976 | 2,778 |
| Malta | - | 102 | 1:4,209 | 603 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 99 | 1:307,575 | 15,609 |
| India | 100% | 93 | 1:13,063,204 | 358,110 |
| China | - | 90 | 1:15,178,398 | 60,031 |
| Egypt | - | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| Sweden | 100% | 82 | 1:120,218 | 4,897 |
| Botswana | 100% | 79 | 1:27,651 | 3,112 |
| Spain | 100% | 78 | 1:596,538 | 6,929 |
| Hong Kong | - | 77 | 1:100,685 | 2,817 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 75 | 1:18,152 | 2,252 |
| Japan | - | 66 | 1:1,939,183 | 19,457 |
| Brazil | 100% | 63 | 1:3,400,574 | 60,429 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 62 | 1:115,355 | 8,682 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 61 | 1:2,910,891 | 51,245 |
| Belize | 100% | 55 | 1:6,442 | 1,167 |
| Norway | 100% | 52 | 1:98,699 | 3,209 |
| Jersey | - | 51 | 1:1,960 | 366 |
| Papua New Guinea | 88% | 48 | 1:169,840 | 14,736 |
| Zambia | - | 46 | 1:344,669 | 9,390 |
| Gibraltar | - | 45 | 1:759 | 158 |
| Denmark | - | 30 | 1:188,317 | 4,268 |
| Belgium | 100% | 28 | 1:410,359 | 7,204 |
| Greece | 100% | 28 | 1:390,520 | 5,921 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Qatar | 100% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Namibia | - | 25 | 1:96,167 | 4,687 |
| Mexico | 79% | 22 | 1:5,642,928 | 21,540 |
| Bermuda | - | 21 | 1:3,087 | 575 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 21 | 1:5,313 | 910 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:29,048 | 2,117 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Iraq | - | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Italy | 100% | 17 | 1:3,591,888 | 20,165 |
| Indonesia | - | 13 | 1:19,843,359 | 506,931 |
| Peru | 69% | 13 | 1:2,445,496 | 23,318 |
| Ecuador | - | 12 | 1:1,477,243 | 9,675 |
| Oman | - | 12 | 1:342,389 | 4,330 |
| Uganda | 67% | 12 | 1:3,413,077 | 36,062 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 10 | 1:87,108 | 2,498 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 10 | 1:5,486 | 913 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Russia | - | 9 | 1:16,025,967 | 51,277 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 9 | 1:2,641,076 | 57,947 |
| Austria | 100% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| Isle of Man | - | 7 | 1:12,146 | 242 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 7 | 1:25,402 | 2,434 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 7 | 1:7,541,188 | 37,665 |
| Venezuela | 90% | 7 | 1:4,314,556 | 60,709 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Chile | 100% | 6 | 1:2,934,535 | 17,145 |
| Guyana | - | 6 | 1:127,210 | 8,948 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Vietnam | - | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Finland | 81% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Cameroon | - | 4 | 1:5,402,626 | 68,032 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 4 | 1:15,325 | 1,588 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Gabon | 100% | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Liberia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Nicaragua | - | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Grenada | - | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Israel | - | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Garéth (1) are calculated separately.
Gareth (92) may also be a surname.
Gareth Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. the name which appears as Gareth in Malory’s Mort d’Arthur is Gahariet in his French source, and probably results from a misreading or mis-hearing of some Welsh name. Gareth was given to a child baptized at Wigan in 1593, and has been used from time to tíme since Tennyson made it generally known in his Gareth and Lynnet.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
See Garth.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Gareth Forename Popularity
Gareth Demographics
Average Male Gareth Height
177.1 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 1,453 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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