Updated June 9, 2019

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : Courageous

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : nickname for a cheerful or high-spirited person, from Old French, Middle English galant ‘bold’, ‘dashing’, ‘lively’. The meanings ‘gallant’ and ‘attentive to women’ are further developments, which may lie behind some examples of the surname.
  • French : variant spelling of Galant, cognate with 1.