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GalIn Hebrew: גל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: גַּלRomanization: Gal
Gal (Hebrew: גל) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 22,227 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 112 boys and ranked #166. Its peak year was 1997, with 869 babies.
- People in Israel
- 22,227
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 112
- rank #166
- Peak year
- 1997
- 869 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Gal
In Hebrew letters the name is גל, read right to left. Gal is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "Gal" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male or female given name, Gal
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Gal by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Gal
How do you write Gal in Hebrew?
Gal is written גל in Hebrew (with vowel points: גַּל). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "Gal".
How many people in Israel are named Gal?
22,227 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name גל: 9,252 women and 12,975 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Gal a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 42% of the people named גל are women and 58% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
What does the name Gal mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male or female given name, Gal"
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.