Galen Forename
28,166th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 29,611 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bulgaria
Galen Forename Definition:
A Greek name, meaning: A famed rhetorician of antiquity.
Galen Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 92% | 19,628 | 1:18,470 | 1,571 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 8,298 | 1:842 | 187 |
| Canada | 100% | 529 | 1:62,634 | 3,821 |
| Philippines | 89% | 230 | 1:460,911 | 15,799 |
| India | 99% | 208 | 1:5,840,759 | 211,810 |
| China | - | 129 | 1:10,589,580 | 59,687 |
| England | 95% | 69 | 1:805,839 | 14,494 |
| Indonesia | - | 57 | 1:4,525,678 | 184,422 |
| New Zealand | - | 49 | 1:92,572 | 4,140 |
| South Africa | 84% | 43 | 1:1,268,201 | 44,553 |
| Russia | 100% | 32 | 1:4,507,303 | 22,729 |
| Hong Kong | - | 29 | 1:267,335 | 3,524 |
| Ireland | - | 29 | 1:160,121 | 3,351 |
| Germany | 100% | 26 | 1:3,718,380 | 16,892 |
| Australia | - | 23 | 1:593,810 | 8,803 |
| Singapore | - | 19 | 1:330,898 | 9,778 |
| Thailand | 100% | 17 | 1:4,121,518 | 84,061 |
| Scotland | 100% | 14 | 1:382,169 | 5,277 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67% | 12 | 1:679,360 | 49,627 |
| Brazil | 100% | 11 | 1:19,476,014 | 191,600 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 11 | 1:1,536,553 | 22,602 |
| Austria | 100% | 9 | 1:946,022 | 6,960 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 8 | 1:3,806,242 | 94,684 |
| Mexico | 100% | 7 | 1:17,734,918 | 43,346 |
| Turkey | 60% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Panama | - | 6 | 1:651,093 | 16,250 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 5 | 1:3,084,763 | 72,050 |
| Peru | 60% | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| Japan | - | 5 | 1:25,597,211 | 50,433 |
| Sweden | 100% | 5 | 1:1,971,581 | 30,505 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Switzerland | 75% | 3 | 1:2,737,832 | 21,065 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 3 | 1:5,915,615 | 32,741 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 2 | 1:88,782,180 | 420,186 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Italy | 100% | 2 | 1:30,531,045 | 57,596 |
| Israel | - | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Wales | 100% | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Chile | - | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| France | 100% | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
Galen (1,482) may also be a surname.
Galen Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Greek name, meaning: A famed rhetorician of antiquity.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Galen Forename Popularity
Galen Demographics
Average Galen Salary in
United States
$44,928 USD
Per year
Rank:
183,071 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00550457
Rank: 1,500 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
103.21%
Sample size: 10,100 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Galen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galen in the Russian language | ||
| Гален | galen | - |
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