Baby name
FADING
🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 Galilea
/gah · lee · LAY · ah/
Meaning
“District or circle”
Feminine form of Galileo, itself a variant of the place name Galilee. Galilee's name comes from Biblical Hebrew galil, meaning 'district' or 'circle'; the region is where Nazareth lies, giving the name a biblical resonance.
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How it ages.
A biblical place name turned modern first name; distinctive without feeling unfamiliar, and likely to stay rare rather than turn into a passing trend.
The cultural moment.
In the United States, Galilea peaked in 2016 at #525 among girls' names with 594 births; by 2025 it had fallen to #647, with 446 births.