Garth Family History
Garth Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): topographic name for someone who lived near an enclosure normally a paddock or orchard from northern Middle English garth (Old Norse garthr) 'piece of enclosed ground; garden paddock’. German (also Gärth): topographic name from Old Saxon gard ‘enclosure farm(yard)’ originally denoting a settlement protected by a fence.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022