Where Does the Garlan Surname Come From?

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

Meaning of the name

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Garlan is usually a form of Garland. The family name meaning is “Maker of garlands”, the same as for Garland.

Before spelling was fixed, Garland was also written Garlan. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Gartland. French civil records give 164 births under the name Garlan from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1961–1970. Births ran at 12 in 1891–1900 and 19 in 1991–2000.

Get the complete Garlan report, with a museum-style coat of arms.