Entry № 3514 · Hebrew origin

Galilea Galilea — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ gah-lee-LAY-uh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"From Galilee (Galilea Montijo Mexican TV; biblical)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "from galilee (galilea montijo mexican tv; biblical)".

Galilea is the Spanish form of Galilee — from the Hebrew Galīl (district, circle). A top-500 US baby name (girls) since 2008. Galilee in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament — the historical region in northern Israel; the homeland of Jesus and the setting for most of his ministry; Nazareth, Capernaum, Cana, and the Sea of Galilee are all featured prominently in the Gospels; one of the most-pilgrimaged regions in Christianity. Galilea La Salvia — modern Argentine model.

From Galilee (Galilea Montijo Mexican TV; biblical) — a Hebrew name.

The name in its native script.

Galilea
Transliteration
Galilea
Pronunciation
/ ˌɡɑː.liˈleɪ.ɑː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Galilea stands.

Galilea does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Galileas before her.

Real people
Galilea Montijo
Mexican TV presenter.
born 1973
In fiction
Galilee
Biblical homeland of Jesus.

Names connected to Galilea.

The number behind Galilea.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Galilea reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.