Given name & surname · also Portuguese
Galicia
“a tribe in the region”
Galicia is a surname from Portuguese, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Spanish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Galicia goes back to a word meaning “a tribe in the region.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Galicia comes from Portuguese, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Galician Galicia, from Medieval Latin Gallicia, from Latin Gallaecia.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Galicia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 105 as a first name in 2020; 9,013 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.
Galicia’s family of names
Galicia may belong to the same name family as GALICCIA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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