Garret in Irish is Gearoid, meaning “brave with a spear.” Say it GAR-roid.
Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2008.
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6 Irish boy names beginning with G, with what each one means and how to say it.
Updated October 2026
Irish boy names starting with G
Gearoid
pronounced GAR-roidGearoid means “brave with a spear.”
No. 244 for boys in Ireland in 2025, with 19 baby boys.
More about GearoidGerald in Irish is Gearoid, meaning “brave with a spear.” Say it GAR-roid.
Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2023.
More about GeraldGerard in Irish is Gearoid, meaning “brave with a spear.” Say it GAR-roid.
No. 348 for boys in Ireland in 2025, with 11 baby boys.
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Gerrit in Irish is Gearoid, meaning “brave with a spear.” Say it GAR-roid.
Rare in Ireland: fewer than three baby boys a year get the name.
More about GerritGlendon
pronounced GLEN-donGlendon is often explained as Irish, from gleann “valley, glen” and dún “fort,” giving “fort in the glen,” but the recorded history of the surname points elsewhere. In England it is a place name: Glendon Hall in Northamptonshire stands near a deserted village recorded in the Domesday Book as Clenedone, from the Old English clǣne “clean” (cleared of weeds) and dūn “hill.”
Rare in Ireland: fewer than three baby boys a year get the name.
More about GlendonThere are 6 Irish boy names starting with G here. The ones readers look up most are Gearoid, Gerard and Gerald.