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Gender: Male Meaning of Galileo: "from Galilee" Origin of Galileo: Italian

Galileo Origin and Meaning

The name Galileo is a boy's name of Italian origin meaning "from Galilee".

The name of the great Renaissance astronomer and mathematician would make a distinctive hero-middle-name for the son of parents involved in those fields.

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Galileo Galilei, noted Renaissance astronomer

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Baby Galileo, DVD in the Baby Einstein series.

Comments

SouthernPeach Says:

2018-09-07T16:02:36

That's what I thought!

nipnerb Says:

2016-03-29T05:01:01

I'd never do it.... but secretly I think Galileo would be a pretty bad(eherm, donkey) middle name. Instead I'll settle for Darwin.

indiefendi2 Says:

2015-08-29T16:37:37

Another gorgeous Italian name! And I can call him Leo. I'm in love 😍

It combines art and science and it can be modernized like Leonardo. 😝