About the Garity Surname

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Garity, so the heraldry linked to Garrity is a starting point, not an automatic right.

What Garity means

Garity? Think of it as Garrity with a different pen. At root, the name means “The son of Aireachtach (member of a court or assembly)”.

Garity drops the “r” of Garrity, a simplification that clerks often made. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. About 460 people in the United States were recorded as Garity in 2010, placing it 46,314 on the national list.

Want more than a summary? See the Garity family name pack.