Släkthistoria för Garet
Garet Vad efternamn betyder
French:: topographic name from an Old French form of guéret ‘fallow land’ (see Gueret) or a habitational name from a place called with this word or with garet ‘shelter’ (see 3 below). Compare Garret from a pet form of an ancient Germanic personal name beginning with the element gari (from garwa) ‘ready eager’ or gari ‘spear’. Compare Garret from Old French garet ‘shelter’ a derivative of garer ‘to protect’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a herdsman or a topographic name for someone who lived by a covered shelter for animals.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
