Meaning and Origin of: Garin

Boy name origins & meanings

  • French : Guardian

Boy name variations

Garen
Garan
Garion
Garrion
Garyon

Family name origins & meanings

  • Southern French : from the Germanic personal name G(u)arinus, from wari(n)- ‘protection’, ‘shelter’. This name is also found in Switzerland and may have been brought to the U.S. from there.
  • Russian : patronymic from a short form of the personal name Gerasim.