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Greetings,
Here's the information on the name "Garath."
We have no evidence that "Garath" was used as a name at any point in the Middle Ages. However, we found a couple of similar names which were used.
"Gareth" is the name of a character from "Le Morte d'Arthur," which was written in the mid-1400's. The first example we have of someone named "Gareth" is from 1593. (1) If you wanted to have an English name from the late 1500's, this would be appropriate.
"Garth" is a plausible English name which could have been used around the 11th or 12th centuries. We don't have any actual examples of it, but there is a fairly common Norse name, "Gar{dh}r" (where {dh} represents the Norse letter "edh." (2) It's not unlikely that "Gar{dh}r" could have been adopted into English as "Garth."
Rouland Carre, Talan Gwynek, and Arval Benicoeur contributed to this letter.
We hope this has been helpful, and that we can continue to assist you.
In service,
Alan Fairfax
Academy of S. Gabriel
(1) Withycombe, E. "The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names."
(2) Fellows Jensen, G. "Scandinavian Personal Names in Yorkshire."