Garfield
/ˈɡɑːfiːld/ · name
Meaning
- A town in the Shire of Cardinia, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne.
- The fictional, orange, overweight, selfish, lazy and anthropomorphic cat who is the protagonist of the comic strip Garfield.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A place name:
- An English surname, thought to be habitational.
- A former rural locality in Barcaldine Region, central Queensland, Australia.
- A community in Mountain View County, Alberta, Canada, named after US president James A. Garfield.
- James Garfield, the 20th President of the United States.
Etymology / origin
Also Garfeld, from Old English gār (“spear”) + feld (“field”).
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