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Garfield

/ˈɡɑːfiːld/ · name

Meaning

  1. A town in the Shire of Cardinia, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne.
  2. The fictional, orange, overweight, selfish, lazy and anthropomorphic cat who is the protagonist of the comic strip Garfield.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A place name:
  5. An English surname, thought to be habitational.
  6. A former rural locality in Barcaldine Region, central Queensland, Australia.
  7. A community in Mountain View County, Alberta, Canada, named after US president James A. Garfield.
  8. James Garfield, the 20th President of the United States.

Etymology / origin

Also Garfeld, from Old English gār (“spear”) + feld (“field”).

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