Galahad Forename

475,334th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 338 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Nauru

Galahad Forename Definition:

A male name. the name of the spotless knight, s. of Lancelot, who alone achieved the quest of the Holy Grail. The name seems to have been invented by the author of La Queste del’ Saint Graal; Galahad’s ancestry as given there contains several Biblical names, and it has been plausibly suggested that Galahad, or Galaad as it is spelt in the earliest MSS, represents Hebrew Gilead.

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Galahad Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines
100%
2331:454,97615,662
United States-421:8,631,83391,152
England
100%
101:5,560,29248,776
Brazil
85%
 
91:23,804,017218,524
South Africa
100%
71:7,790,378138,656
Mexico
80%
 
61:20,690,73847,722
Nigeria
100%
61:29,594,060217,150
Malaysia
100%
41:7,612,485167,458
Taiwan-31:7,923,22799,341
Canada
100%
21:16,566,68686,787
China-21:683,027,89194,999
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Ireland-21:2,321,7608,894
Peru
100%
21:15,895,72774,652
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
India-11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
France
100%
11:66,470,34085,030
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892

Galahad Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. the name of the spotless knight, s. of Lancelot, who alone achieved the quest of the Holy Grail. The name seems to have been invented by the author of La Queste del’ Saint Graal; Galahad’s ancestry as given there contains several Biblical names, and it has been plausibly suggested that Galahad, or Galaad as it is spelt in the earliest MSS, represents Hebrew Gilead. Rhys’s attempted etymology from Welsh gwalch ‘hawk’ and hâv or hâf ‘summer' is unconvincing. Galahad has occasionally been used as a christian name since Tennyson’s Idylls of the King made the Arthurian legends generally known.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

A Celtic name, meaning: Valorous.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Galahad Forename Popularity

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Galaayd862/
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Gallad77378/
Galaud7718/
Galath7717/
Gelhad7710/
Ghalad775/
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Galiad774/
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Galads772/
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Galyad771/
Galaat771/
Gaalad771/
Galadz771/
Golhad771/
Kgalad771/
Galayd771/
Ngaliahat751/
Ghalath7116/
Gallaud7116/
Gahalod7111/
Galiath715/
Golahat715/
Gaulath713/
Galathe712/
Gahalad711/
Ghalaid711/
Gayladd711/
Galgath711/
Galeaud711/
Galaydh711/
Galladh711/
Gaulaid711/
Galat67339/
Gelad6757/
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Galod6723/
Gaulathe671/
Golahath671/
Gauliath671/
Gahaloud671/
Gahalath671/
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