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I think of Garth Brooks, too. What about something similar to honor him... Maybe something with the same meaning?

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I searched meanings for 'garden' and came up with this:
http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?nmd=md&terms=garden

I used to work with a guy called Garth, really nice guy, a little plump (but not really, and he was tall with it), got called 'Girth'.

I think of my friend's cat first, and after that, the author Garth Nix. It's not awful, I suppose, but it's definitely not a favorite of mine.

I think it's a horrible name, sorry.

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:)

I don't really know how to explain it..I LIKE Garth but when I sit down and think about it, it really does have an off-putting sound (like someone said, it sounds like "barf"). I don't know why, but I still like it: )

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But I do think of Garth Algar from Wayne's World...

Those are the two associations I have with it as well, and neither are people I want to name my child for, LOL. (That and it reminds me a bit of the word "barf". :-/) I could definitely see using it as a mn, though, if it's a family name. You could always use Gary, Garrett, or Gareth (that is just one extra letter :b) to honor your dad instead. A tiny bit of a stretch, but still do-able, I think.

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ETA: Leslie, Layton, and Carmel all have "garden" in their meanings, and that is what Garth means, so that could be a way to honor your dad, too. ;)

This message was edited 10/22/2007, 5:46 PM

I don't really like it either. I had a very large and ferocious gruff black dog named Garth when I was small, so it always sounds kind of onomatopoetic to me, like the bark of a very gruff but loud dog. Apart from that, the G sound silly and the Gar sounds gaping and primitive, and the Garth without anything after it sounds abrupt and makes me giggle. But my reasons for not liking it are purely phonetic. It's a good practical name.

I always think of illustrator Garth Williams.

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I don't like the name Garth. It sounds really ugly to me.

I knew a guy named Gareth, but everyone pronounced it Garth. I don't know if that's what his parents intended or not, but that's what everyone called him. I always rather liked the name. I like both Gareth and Garth. I guess because of Garth Brooks, Garth on Wayne's World, and the Gareth(Garth) that I knew, I've never thought of it as an unusual name.

The only Garth I've ever known of is Garth Brooks. Honestly, I always thought his name was made up. I didn't think Garth was a real name. I don't like it at all; it doesn't have an appealing sound.

I've never really cared for it, to be honest. But I do love Gareth. I thought Garth was a variant, but BtN doesn't list it that way.

It's always sounded like a nickname to me