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Garrick (name)

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Garrick is a personal name, and is both a surname and a given name (usually masculine).

The name has two identified points of origin.

Garrick originated in Old English and/or French. Old English garrick means "one who governs with a spear", or "spear king". In French, garric is derived from an Occitan word meaning "oak tree grove".

Garrick is also an anglicised spelling and pronunciation of the Scottish name Garrioch. This variation originated in the Aberdeenshire area Garioch. The placename Garioch comes from the Gaelic word Gairbheach, meaning "place of roughness". Examples of family members using Garrioch and Garrick can be seen on adjacent gravestones in St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney.

People with the name Garrick include:

Given name

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Picture of adjacent graves at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney referencing the same individual. The graves are of Charles Garrioch and his first and second wives. One stone references Charles Garrioch and the other stone references Charles Garrick showing the anglicisation of the family name.

Surname

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Garrick
Origin
Word/nameDual Origin: Anglicised spelling and pronunciation of the name Garrioch from the Aberdeenshire Committee Area of Garioch. Also Old English/French Origin.
MeaningGaelic "place of roughness". Old English/French "spear king", "oak tree grove"
Region of originOld English and French
Other names
Variant form(s)Garrioch,Garioch. (Gaelic)