Given name & surname
Galal
“a majestic man”
Galal is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a majestic man.”
Original Hebrewגלל
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a majestic man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb galal (גלל), “to roll.”
From biblical name research
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Galal appears in Nehemiah 11:17.
From biblical name research
Galal’s family of names
Galal has a related form in Jalal. Galal has a related form in Galall. Galal has a related form in Gallal.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Galal
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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