Updated March 7, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Sparrows

Boy name variations

Galvin

Galvin

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Gallven

Gallven

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Gallvin

Gallvin

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Galvan

Galvan

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Galven

Galven

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Galvon

Galvon

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Galvyn

Galvyn

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Gall

Gall

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How Popular Is The Name Gal

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish, Slovak (Gál), and Slovenian : from a personal name, Latin Gallus (see Gall), which was widespread in Europe in the Middle Ages. There are many pet forms and other derivatives of this personal name; the American surname could also be a shortening of any of them. See also Gall.
  • Hungarian (Gál) : from the ecclesiastical name Gál, a short form of Gál(l)os, from Latin Gallus (see Gall).
  • French : from the personal name Gallus (see 1), the name of a 6th-century bishop of Clermont.
  • French : habitational name for someone from either of two places named Saint Gal, in Lozère and Puy-de-Dôme, or from Saint Jal in Corrèze.
  • French : nickname from southern French gal ‘rooster’ (Old French jal, Latin gallus). As a French name, it appears to have been brought to the U.S. by Swiss bearers.
  • Jewish (Israeli) : ornamental name from Hebrew gal ‘wave’.