Gal is a boy's name of Portuguese origin meaning “Gaul.” In England & Wales it was given to 4 boys in 2007.
Gal belongs to the Portuguese tradition. Its meaning — “Gaul” — is the sense carried by its Portuguese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Gal first appears in Social Security records in 1984. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4460 in 1996, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 143 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Gal means “Gaul” in its Portuguese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Gal is a boy name. In England & Wales, 4 babies received the name in 2007.
Gal comes from the Portuguese tradition.
Gal first appears in US records in 1984. Its best-ever ranking was #4460 in 1996, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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