Garces

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Garces is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French surname11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Philippines, United States

  Also written Garcès, Garcés, Garcês, Garçês, Garçés

• a separate name8 spellings in the group

  Also written Garcés, Garcês, Garçes, Garcès, Gárces

• Italian surname6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Spain, Italy

  Also written Garcés, Garcès, Gárces, Garcės, Garcês

• Swedish surname10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Sweden, Spain, Norway

  Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Garcés, Garcês, Garcès

• Bulgarian surname15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Philippines, Peru

  Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian

  Also written Garcés, Gårcês, Garcès, Garcês

• Finnish surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Philippines, Ecuador

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Garcés

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Garces is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Asturian, plural of garza

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Marsha Garcesb. 1956USAmerican film producer (born 1956)
• J. Teddy Garcesb. 1974USAmerican actor
• Gerardo GarcesESresearcher

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Garces mean, and where does it come from?

variant of the patronymic Garciez, from the personal name Garcia (see Garcia). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.

How do you pronounce Garces?

A machine transcription gives /garsɛs/ (IPA) for Spanish.

In which country does Garces have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 30 thousand people named Garces in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled garces.

Where is Garces most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Garces is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 918 people — even though Colombia holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Garces?

In Ecuador, the national register counted 18,407 people named Garces in 2024, about 1 in 918 residents.

How common is Garces compared with other names?

In Colombia, Garces is the 212th most common surname of 144,306 surnames recorded there.