Surname · also Breton

Le Gall

“Frenchman, Gaul, foreigner”

Le Gall is a surname from Breton (ultimately Latin). It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Le Gall goes back to Breton Gall, meaning “Frenchman, Gaul, foreigner.”

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Where it comes from

Le Gall comes from Breton, and ultimately from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Breton Gall (“Frenchman, Gaul, foreigner”), from Latin gallus.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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