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Garland.

A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of garlands.

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Meaning & usage

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  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of garlands.

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  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

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  3. A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname: A town in Miller County, Arkansas.

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  4. A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname: An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas.

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  5. A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname: A town in Penobscot County, Maine.

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  6. A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname: An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri.

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  7. A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname: A village in Seward County, Nebraska.

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  8. A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname: A town in Sampson County, North Carolina.

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  9. A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname: An unincorporated community in Miami County, Ohio.

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  10. A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname: A city mostly in Dallas County, Texas.

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  11. A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname: A city in Box Elder County, Utah.

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  12. A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname: A census-designated place in Park County, Wyoming.

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  13. A locality in the Blayney council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.

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Where this word comes from

English surname, from the noun garland. Also derived from Garland in Devon, from an ancestor of the noun gore (“triangular piece of land”) + land.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.