# Garbutt (name)

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**Garbutt** is a surname associated with English-speaking culture.

## Etymology

In origin, *Garbutt* is a [personal name](/source/Personal_name). It (and the variants *Garbut*, *Garbett*, *Garbet*, *Garbert*, *Garbould*, *Gorbold*, *Gorbutt*, *Gorbett*, *Gorbert*, *Carbett*, *Carbert*, *Carbutt*, *Carbould*, and *Carbott*) come from several different names which were brought to England by settlers associated with the [Norman Conquest](/source/Norman_Conquest): *Gerbold*, *Gerbert*, and *Gerbod*. All these names themselves came into use among the Normans by borrowing from [Continental Germanic](/source/Continental_Germanic), and became confused with one another already in the Middle Ages.

## Distribution

In the spelling *Garbutt*, the name was borne by 2163 people in the [1881 Census of the United Kingdom](/source/1881_Census_of_the_United_Kingdom), mostly in Yorkshire and County Durham, particularly in the [North Riding](/source/North_Riding). As of around 2016, 2877 people bore the name in Great Britain and 72 in Ireland.[1]

## Notable people

- [Arthur M. Garbutt](/source/Arthur_M._Garbutt), American architect
- [George Garbutt](/source/George_Garbutt) (1903–1967), Canadian ice hockey player
- [Ian Garbutt](/source/Ian_Garbutt) (born 1972), English golfer
- [James Garbutt](/source/James_Garbutt) (1925–2020), British actor
- [Joe Garbutt (disambiguation)](/source/Joe_Garbutt_(disambiguation)), multiple people
- [John Garbutt](/source/John_Garbutt) (ca. 1779–1855), New York politician
- [John Garbutt (alderman)](/source/John_Garbutt_(alderman)) (born 1954), British alderman
- [Josh Garbutt](/source/Josh_Garbutt) (born 1984), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- [Luke Garbutt](/source/Luke_Garbutt) (born 1993), English footballer
- [Mitch Garbutt](/source/Mitch_Garbutt) (born 1989), Australian rugby league footballer
- [Ryan Garbutt](/source/Ryan_Garbutt) (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
- [Sherryl Garbutt](/source/Sherryl_Garbutt) (born 1948), Australian politician
- [TyJuan Garbutt](/source/TyJuan_Garbutt) (born 1999), American football player
- [Vin Garbutt](/source/Vin_Garbutt) (1947–2017), English folk singer and songwriter
- [William Garbutt](/source/William_Garbutt) (1883–1964), English football player and coach

## References

1. *The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland*, ed. by Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, and Peter McClure, 4 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), II, p. 1010 [s.v. *Garbutt*]; ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4.

## See also

- [Garbutt (disambiguation)](/source/Garbutt_(disambiguation))

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