Gareth (given name)
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Gareth [ˈɡarɛθ] is a Welsh masculine given name of uncertain meaning.[1] It first appeared in this form in Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, in which it belonged to Sir Gareth, a brother of Gawain and one of the Knights of the Round Table. Malory based it on Gahariet, a name found in French Arthurian texts; it may have a Welsh origin, perhaps connected with the name Geraint,[2] or the word gwaredd, meaning "gentleness".[2][3] It is particularly popular in Wales, and Gary is sometimes taken as a pet form of it.[1]
People
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- Gareth Abraham (born 1969), Welsh former footballer
- Gareth Bale (born 1989), Welsh footballer, currently with Real Madrid
- Gareth Barry (born 1981), English footballer
- Gareth Brooks (born 1979), New Zealand field hockey player
- Gareth Chilcott (born 1956), English retired rugby union player
- Gareth Cooper (born 1979), Welsh retired rugby union player
- Gareth David-Lloyd (born 1981), Welsh actor
- Gareth Davies (disambiguation)
- Gareth Dean (born 1981), Welsh rugby league player
- Gareth Edwards (disambiguation)
- Gareth Edwards (born 1986), American Army Soldier
- Gareth Ellis (born 1981), English rugby league player
- Gareth Emery (born 1980), British trance-genre producer and DJ
- Gareth Evans (disambiguation)
- Gareth Frodsham (born 1989), English rugby league player
- Gareth Gates (born 1984), English singer-songwriter
- Gareth Griffiths (disambiguation)
- Gareth Higgins, writer from Northern Ireland
- Gareth Hopkins (born 1976), New Zealand cricketer
- Gareth Hopkins (footballer) (born 1980), English footballer
- Gareth Hughes (1894-1965), Welsh actor
- Gareth Hughes (politician) (born 1981), New Zealand politician
- Gareth Hunt, stage name of English actor Alan Leonard Hunt (1942-2007)
- Gareth Johnson (born 1969), British politician
- Gareth Johnson (hurler), Irish hurler
- Gareth Jones (disambiguation)
- Gareth Koch (born 1962), Australian classical guitarist
- Gareth Krause (born 1981), South African rugby union player
- Gareth Llewellyn (born 1969), Welsh rugby union player
- Gareth Malone (born 1975), British choirmaster and broadcaster
- Gareth Maule (born 1987), Welsh rugby union player
- Gareth McGrillen (born 1982), Australian bass guitar player, record producer and DJ
- Gareth McLean (born c. 1975), Scottish journalist
- Gareth Morgan (disambiguation)
- Gareth Naven (born 1969), Australian football manager
- Gareth Owen (disambiguation)
- Gareth Peirce (born 1940), female English lawyer
- Gareth Philips, British television producer
- Gareth Pierce, Welsh actor
- Gareth Price (born 1980), Welsh rugby league player
- Gareth Price (rugby league) (1917-1992), Welsh rugby league player and coach
- Gareth Pugh (musician), drummer for Idiot Box, guitarist for The Couldn't Care Less
- Gareth Rees (disambiguation)
- Gareth Roberts (disambiguation)
- Gareth Russell (author), British author
- Gareth Russell (musician), bass guitarist for Idlewild
- Gareth Southgate (born 1970), English footballer
- Gareth Steenson (born 1984), rugby union player from Northern Ireland
- Gareth Thomas (disambiguation)
- Gareth Unwin (born 1972), British film producer
- Gareth Ward, Australian politician
- Gareth Williams (disambiguation)
- Gareth Wood (born 1995), British acrobatic gymnast
Fictional characters
- Gareth Blackstock, title character of the British television sitcom Chef!
- Gareth Mallory, current M, James Bond's boss
- Gareth (The Walking Dead), on the American television show The Walking Dead
References
- 1 2 Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2003), A dictionary of first names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198606052
- 1 2 "Welsh Names" (PDF). Twf Cymru. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ Campbell, Mike. "Gareth". Behind the Name: the etymology and history of first names. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
See also
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