Given name & surname · also French

Gallon

Gallon is a surname from French, ultimately from Germanic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Gallon comes from French, and ultimately from Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Gallon as a surname developed from Galo.

Gallon’s family of names

In English usage, Gallon as a surname developed from Galo. In English usage, Gallon as a surname has a related form in Galen. In English usage, Gallon as a surname has a related form in GALLION.

Walk Gallon’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Gallon, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Germanic

Gamuth

“mind, courage”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Garfriþ

“spear” · “peace”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Guðrún

“rune, secret, confidante”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Germanic

Goen

“battle”

No U.S. birth series

33% boys · 67% girls

Germanic

Garwald

“spear” · “mighty, powerful”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Garberht

“spear” · “bright”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Garwulf

“spear” · “wolf”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Guzmán

Guzmán is a surname from Gothic. It is used in Spanish.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Gallon’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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