Gamaliel
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning God is my recompense.
Babies a year
39
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies
Gamaliel by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Gamaliel. In the US, 39 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 56 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gamaliel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Gaberielgod is my strength; variant of gabriel10 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Gamaliel, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Gamaliel
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