Given name & surname
Galit
“from the fountain”
Galit is a variant of Gali. One Hebrew interpretation is “from the fountain.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Galit is a variant of Gali. One Hebrew interpretation is “from the fountain.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Galit is a variant of Gali. An origin associated with Gali is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Galit through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 149
- 0 boys · 149 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,262 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,262 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 503 as a first name in 2020; 152 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Galit
- Galit GutmanIsraeli television host, model and actressborn 1972
- Galit Chaitfigure skaterborn 1975
- Galit Hasan-RokemIsraeli poet and professorborn 1945
- Galit EilatIsraeli curator and writerborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.