Entry № 3517 · Hebrew origin

Galit Galit — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ gah-LEET /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Wave"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Hebrew)

A name that means "wave".

Galit (גָּלִית) is the Hebrew word for "wave" — also "fountain" or "source." A modern Israeli feminine name.

Galit Gutmann (born 1972) is the Israeli model and TV host.

Wave. The Israeli modern.

The name in its native script.

גָּלִית
Transliteration
Galīt
Pronunciation
/ ɡɑːˈliːt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Galit stands.

Galit 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.

Galits before her.

Real people
Galit Gutmann
Israeli model and TV host.
born 1972
In fiction
Galit
Common in Israeli fiction.

Names connected to Galit.

The number behind Galit.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Galit reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.