English · Boy name
Garrison
“son of Garret; also 'fortified place'”
About the name Garrison
Garrison comes from an English surname meaning ‘son of Garret’, Garret being a medieval form of Gerard. It is also identical to the word garrison, from Old French garison, ‘defence, provisioning’, which came to mean troops stationed in a fort. A famous bearer of the surname was William Lloyd Garrison, the American abolitionist who published the newspaper The Liberator. As a given name it is borne by the writer Garrison Keillor.
- Meaning
- son of Garret; also 'fortified place'
- Origin
- English
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- GAR-uh-suhn(3 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Garrison
- Garrison James
- Garrison Alexander
- Garrison Michael
- Garrison Thomas
- Garrison Ray
Questions about Garrison
- What does Garrison mean?
- Garrison is an English name meaning "son of Garret; also 'fortified place'".
- How do you pronounce Garrison?
- Garrison is pronounced GAR-uh-suhn, with emphasis on the first syllable.
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