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Type Surname (from given name)
Pronounced Pron. ga-lee-LEH-ee

Meaning & History

From the given name Galileo. A notable bearer was the Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Both his given name and surname were from an earlier 15th-century ancestor (a doctor).