Garnet
Garnet is a baby name of English origin, meaning The deep-red gem.
What Garnet means
The deep-red gem.
Garnet sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Garnet comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Garnet is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Garnet?
You will not find Garnet in the top 100 baby names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Garnet
Two ideas meet in Garnet: Gem and Color. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Garnet
These share Garnet's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Jet — Deep, glossy black gem.
- Garnett — The deep-red garnet gem.
- Jade — The green gemstone of the side.
- Ruby — The deep-red gemstone.
- Amber — Golden fossilized resin.
- Amethyst — The calming purple gem.
- Coral — From the sea; a pink-red gem.
- Emerald — The green gemstone.
- Neel — Blue; sapphire.
- Onyx — The deep-black gemstone.
- Opal — Precious jewel; gem.
- Opaline — Like the opal gem.