García
Spanish, proper noun/ɡaɾˈθia/
García is spelled G-A-R-C-Í-A (6 letters) and appears 68 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,286th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). García is a Spanish feminine proper noun meaning “a surname” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apellido”.
What does García mean in English?
proper noun
- 1
femininemasculinea surname
- 2
femininemasculinea male given name of historical usage
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
proper noun: 1. Apellido
proper noun: 1. Apellido.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce García?
- /ɡaɾˈθia/
- [ɡaɾˈθi.a]
- /ɡaɾˈsia/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is García in Spanish?
García appears 68 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).