Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek
Γαμαλιήλ
“God is my reward”
Γαμαλιήλ (Gamaliíl) is a masculine given name from Koine Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Greek and Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Gamaliíl.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Γαμαλιήλ goes back to Biblical Hebrew גַּמְלִיאֵל (Gamlīʾēl), meaning “God is my reward.”
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Where it comes from
Γαμαλιήλ comes from Koine Greek, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Koine Greek Γαμαλιήλ, from Aramaic גַמַלִיאיֵל (Ḡamalīʾēl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּמְלִיאֵל (Gamlīʾēl, “God is my reward”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Γαμαλιήλ’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Γαμαλιήλ has a later derivative in Гамалиил. In Ancient Greek usage, Γαμαλιήλ has a transliteration in Gamaliḗl.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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