Garnet

Garnet is a name of Middle English origin, derived from the dark red gemstone, which was in turn named for the pomegranate that the garnet crystals resemble. The surname Garnett comes from an Old English occupational surname referring to a seller of hinges. It is both a surname and a given name.
The name came into occasional use along with other gem names during the late Victorian era. Garnet was among the top 1,000 names for girls in the United States between 1884 and 1944. It was most popular in 1911, when it was the 376th most popular given name for American girls. It was in occasional use for boys in the United States between 1882 and 1925. It was most popular in 1904, when it was 593rd most popular name for American boys. The name has not appeared among the top 1,000 names for boys or girls since 1944 in the United States.

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Mid-15c., metathesized form of gernet "the gem garnet" (early 14c.), from Old French grenate, gernatte, granate "garnet," also an adjective, "of a dark red color," from Medieval Latin granatum "garnet; of dark red color," perhaps abstracted from the Medieval Latin or Old French words for pomegranate, from the stone's resemblance either to the shape of the seeds or the color of the pulp. Or the word might be from Medieval Latin granum "grain," in its sense of "cochineal, red dye." A widespread word: Spanish and Portuguese granate, Italian granato, Dutch granaat, German Granat.

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Grain, pomegranate seed, deep red.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Garnet Bailey	1948	Canadian ice hockey player
2	Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley	1833	Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army
3	Henry Highland Garnet	1815	American clergyman and diplomat
4	Henry Garnet	1555	English Jesuit, executed because of his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605
5	Garnet Mimms	1933	American musician
6	Garnet Rogers	1955	Singer-songwriter
7	Garnet Coleman	1961	American politician
8	Diana Garnett	1988	American singer
9	Garnet Hathaway	1991
10	Garnet Malley	1892	Australian fighter ace of World War I
11	Garnet Exelby	1981	Canadian ice hockey player
12	Garnet Hughes	1880	Canadian general
13	Thomas Garnet	1575	Jesuit priest
14	Garnet Carter	1883	American inventor, father of minigolf
15	Garnet Richardson	1933	Canadian curler
16	Sarah J. Garnet	1831	American activist
17	Garnet Hertz	1973
18	Garnet Ault	1905	Canadian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist
19	Ilian Garnet	1983	Moldovan musician
20	Garnet Bougoure	1923	Australian horse trainer and jockey
21	Garnet Baltimore	1859	American landscape architect
22	Eldon Garnet	1953	Canadian artist
23	Garnet Til Alexandros XVII		Fictional character
24	Garnet Hercules Mackley	1883	New Zealand politician
25	Garnet Kearney	1884	Canadian physician
26	Garnet C. Wilkinson	1879	American educator
27	Garnet Bloomfield	1929	Canadian politician
28	Garnet Walch	1843	Australian writer
29	Garnet Wilson	1885
30	Garnet Clark	1917	American musician
31	Garnet Jex	1895	American artist
32	Garnet Campbell	1903	Australian rules footballer
33	Garnet Coulter	1882	Canadian politician
34	Garnet Sixsmith	1885	Canadian ice hockey player
35	Garnet Bush	1882	American baseball umpire
36	Garnet Lee	1887	English cricketer
37	John Roslyn Garnet	1906	Australian biochemist and conservationist
38	Garnet Braybrook	1910	Australian rugby league player
39	Garnet Ostermeier	2000
40	Garnet de la Hunt
41	Garnet Menzies		Canadian politician
42	Garnet Lamb	1908	Australian rules footballer
43	Garnet Stevens
44	Garnet Hornby Saunders	1880	Shoemaker, musician, cinema proprietor, businessman
45	Garnet Brisbane	1938	Canadian cricketer
46	Garnet Wood	1888
47	Garnet Porter	1866
48	Garnet Edward Tanner	1892
49	Garnet Charwat