Gamaliel Forename
Approximately 26,526 people bear this name
Gamaliel Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘The Lord is recompense’, the name of the teacher at whose feet Saul of Tarsus had sat. It was used as a christian name in the 17th C, e.g. Gamaliel Cane, a Presbyterian minister in 1648.
Gamaliel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 13,839 | 1:8,971 | 822 |
| United States | 100% | 2,152 | 1:168,465 | 6,353 |
| Philippines | 96% | 1,931 | 1:54,899 | 3,884 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,113 | 1:192,485 | 8,716 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 894 | 1:59,047 | 4,069 |
| Colombia | 100% | 773 | 1:61,810 | 2,514 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 557 | 1:463,130 | 35,692 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 506 | 1:31,835 | 1,411 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 488 | 1:363,861 | 12,687 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 460 | 1:13,083 | 1,212 |
| Chile | 100% | 439 | 1:40,108 | 1,594 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 438 | 1:8,106 | 591 |
| Kenya | 95% | 434 | 1:106,698 | 5,488 |
| Malawi | 100% | 275 | 1:62,227 | 3,900 |
| Peru | 98% | 259 | 1:122,747 | 4,015 |
| Chad | 100% | 247 | 1:55,054 | 5,059 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 236 | 1:20,203 | 1,378 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 205 | 1:360,135 | 13,694 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 173 | 1:174,577 | 6,672 |
| El Salvador | - | 163 | 1:38,907 | 1,424 |
| Honduras | 100% | 140 | 1:62,982 | 2,578 |
| Panama | 100% | 109 | 1:35,840 | 2,784 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 80 | 1:130,391 | 6,179 |
| Haiti | 100% | 77 | 1:139,311 | 7,021 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 64 | 1:337,664 | 12,267 |
| India | 100% | 60 | 1:20,247,966 | 476,698 |
| Zambia | - | 43 | 1:368,716 | 9,762 |
| Spain | 100% | 41 | 1:1,134,877 | 9,172 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 39 | 1:395,482 | 19,357 |
| Argentina | 100% | 39 | 1:1,096,750 | 5,474 |
| South Africa | 100% | 25 | 1:2,181,306 | 62,942 |
| England | 100% | 18 | 1:3,089,051 | 33,607 |
| France | 100% | 17 | 1:3,910,020 | 17,575 |
| Angola | 100% | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 15 | 1:482,454 | 4,853 |
| Jamaica | - | 12 | 1:240,269 | 7,382 |
| Cape Verde | - | 11 | 1:48,105 | 2,301 |
| Canada | - | 9 | 1:3,681,486 | 43,248 |
| Uganda | 100% | 9 | 1:4,550,769 | 42,499 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Singapore | 100% | 8 | 1:785,882 | 13,409 |
| Liberia | 100% | 7 | 1:630,294 | 15,835 |
| Benin | 100% | 7 | 1:1,510,835 | 32,846 |
| Ecuador | - | 7 | 1:2,532,417 | 12,755 |
| Belize | 100% | 7 | 1:50,616 | 3,777 |
| Bolivia | - | 5 | 1:2,120,281 | 4,345 |
| Congo | 67% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 4 | 1:2,038,078 | 115,092 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 3 | 1:10,149,980 | 208,386 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3 | 1:23,355,271 | 268,869 |
| Germany | - | 3 | 1:32,225,959 | 64,270 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Australia | - | 2 | 1:6,828,811 | 37,569 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Italy | 100% | 2 | 1:30,531,045 | 57,596 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1 | 1:9,857,907 | 78,968 |
| Switzerland | - | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
The alternate forms: Gamaliël (1) & Gamaliél (1) are calculated separately.
Gamaliel (2,245) may also be a surname.
Gamaliel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘The Lord is recompense’, the name of the teacher at whose feet Saul of Tarsus had sat. It was used as a christian name in the 17th C, e.g. Gamaliel Cane, a Presbyterian minister in 1648.
Found as a baptismal name. The Scripture name, in Hebrew גַּמְלִיאֵל, Gamliyél, from gamál-El, the gift, or benefit of God. Simonis translates it ‘attributio seu præmium Dei;’ the Rev. Alfred Jones, ‘recompence of God.’
Hebrew (masculine) - The camel (or the recompense) of God.
Ga-may'-le-el, recompence, camel, weaned of God. 1. The son of Pedahzur, who was prince of the tribe of Manasseh, when Moses brought the Israelites out of Egypt Num. i. 10; ii. 20. 2. A celebrated rabbi, and doctor of the Jewish law, under whose tuition the great apostle of the Gentiles was brought up. Acts xxii. 3.
Meaning: my recompenser is God.
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