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G'dalyaIn Hebrew: גדליה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: גְּדַלְיָהRomanization: g'dalyá
G'dalya (Hebrew: גדליה) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 750 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 11 boys and ranked #634. Its peak year was 1952, with 20 babies.
- People in Israel
- 750
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 11
- rank #634
- Peak year
- 1952
- 20 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying G'dalya
In Hebrew letters the name is גדליה, read right to left. G'dalya is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "g'dalyá" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Gedaliah ben Achikam, a governor of the Babylonian province of Yehud
- a male given name, equivalent to English Gedaliah
From גָּדַל (gadál, “to be great”) + יָהּ (Yáh, “Yah, God”), thus meaning "God is great".
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
G'dalya 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 G'dalya
How do you write G'dalya in Hebrew?
G'dalya is written גדליה in Hebrew (with vowel points: גְּדַלְיָה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "g'dalyá".
How many people in Israel are named G'dalya?
750 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name גדליה: 0 women and 750 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 G'dalya a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named גדליה are men.
What does the name G'dalya mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Gedaliah ben Achikam, a governor of the Babylonian province of Yehud" Etymology: From גָּדַל (gadál, “to be great”) + יָהּ (Yáh, “Yah, God”), thus meaning "God is great".
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.