Garr Family History
Garr Name Meaning
Irish and Scottish: shortened form of McGarr from Gaelic Mac an Gheairr. German: metonymic occupational name for a cartwright from Middle High German garre karre ‘cart’. German: possibly also an altered form of Gorr . German: possibly also a variant of Garre a nickname for someone with a croaky voice from a derivative of Middle High German Middle Low German garren ‘to whistle to groan’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022