Galilee
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning rolling hills; circuit; biblical region.
Babies a year
20
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Galilee by the numbers
Galilee was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 44 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Galilee. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Galilee, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Brynleehill meadow; a form of Bryn with English suffix1,408 in the US (2017)
- Brynnhill; a form of Bryn1,097 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Sierramountain range; saw696 in the US (2017)
- Yaelmountain goat, strength and grace313 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Galilee
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