Given name
Galadriel
“radiance”·“maiden crowned with a garland”
Galadriel is a feminine given name from Persian. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Galadriel is built from elements meaning “radiance” and “maiden crowned with a garland”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Galadriel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 234
- 0 boys · 234 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,250 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,250 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 213 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Galadriel’s family of names
In French usage, Galadriel has a related form in GALADRIELLE.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Galadriel
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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