as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, in origin probably an occupational name for a grower or seller of pomegranates (from a metathesized form of Old French (pome) grenate, Latin pomum granatum ‘fruit full of seeds’). The name of the red-coloured precious stone derives from the same source, in reference to the fruit's bright red colour, and use as a modern first name may have been inspired by the adoption of other terms denoting gemstones as female names. It may also in part reflect the fame of the British field marshal Sir Garnet Wolseley (1833–1913).
| 3,068th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,351
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Garnet per capita
- 1911
- marked the height of its popularity
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