as a Last Name
- 1,341
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Gal
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 20,743rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,341
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Illinois
- has the most people named Gal per capita
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