Given name & surname
Gali
“from the fountain”
Gali is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “from the fountain.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “from the fountain.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gali through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 178
- 0 boys · 178 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,031 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +38%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,031 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 38.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 362 as a first name in 2020; 1,123 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gali’s family of names
Gali has a related form in Galit. Gali has a related form in Galea. Gali has a related form in Galeah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Spellings & scripts 4
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.
People named Gali
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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