Galo

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Galo is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name4.1K records spelled Galo9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Ecuador

  Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

  Also written Gallo, গালো, Ğalo

• French surname4.0K records spelled Galo5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Philippines, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Gallus, Gallos

• Italian given name905 records spelled Galo3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Ecuador, Peru

  Also written Galò, Ğalo

• Croatian surname471 records spelled Galo18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Croatia, Italy, Argentina

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Gallo, Гало, Galló, Gaĺo, Galó

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Galo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, Gallic

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, Lat. Gallus, 'Gaulish; from Gaul'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, variante dialetal setentrional de Gallo

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• from galo ‘braid’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• Oriundo de la Galia

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 121 years between 1904–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Galo González Díazb. 1894CLChilean politician (1894-1958)
• Galo Plaza Lassob. 1906USPresident of Ecuador (1948 - 1952)
• Galo René Pérezb. 1923ECEcuadorian poet, writer, and literary critic (1923-2008)
• Galo Chiribogab. 1950ECEcuadorian politician
• Galo Carrerab. 1953MXMexican diplomat
• Galo Vásquezb. 1957ECEcuadorian footballer
• Galo Fernández Villasecab. 1961CLChilean bishop
• Galo Blancob. 1976ESSpanish tennis player
• Galo Corozob. 1990ECEcuadorian footballer
• Galo Contreras SanzESSpanish politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 674 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Galo?

We estimate roughly 32 thousand people bear Galo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Galo have the most bearers?

We estimate about 30 thousand people bear Galo in Ecuador, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled galo.

Where is Galo most common?

Galo is densest in Ecuador, where the national register counts about 1 in 568 people carrying it.

How common is Galo compared with other names?

In Ecuador, Galo is the 114th most common given name of 26,367 given names recorded there.

Is Galo a male or female name?

Galo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Galo mean?

Recorded meaning: A language of India.