Gamaliel Forename

30,612th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 26,526 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico

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

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico
100%
13,8391:8,971822
United States
100%
2,1521:168,4656,353
Philippines
96%
 
1,9311:54,8993,884
Brazil
100%
1,1131:192,4858,716
Tanzania
100%
8941:59,0474,069
Colombia
100%
7731:61,8102,514
Indonesia
100%
5571:463,13035,692
Guatemala
100%
5061:31,8351,411
Nigeria
100%
4881:363,86112,687
Nicaragua
100%
4601:13,0831,212
Chile
100%
4391:40,1081,594
Puerto Rico-4381:8,106591
Kenya
95%
 
4341:106,6985,488
Malawi
100%
2751:62,2273,900
Peru
98%
 
2591:122,7474,015
Chad
100%
2471:55,0545,059
Costa Rica
100%
2361:20,2031,378
DR Congo
100%
2051:360,13513,694
Venezuela
100%
1731:174,5776,672
El Salvador-1631:38,9071,424
Honduras
100%
1401:62,9822,578
Panama
100%
1091:35,8402,784
Dominican Republic-801:130,3916,179
Haiti
100%
771:139,3117,021
Cameroon
100%
641:337,66412,267
India
100%
601:20,247,966476,698
Zambia-431:368,7169,762
Spain
100%
411:1,134,8779,172
Zimbabwe
100%
391:395,48219,357
Argentina
100%
391:1,096,7505,474
South Africa
100%
251:2,181,30662,942
England
100%
181:3,089,05133,607
France
100%
171:3,910,02017,575
Angola
100%
161:1,685,4132,877
Paraguay
100%
151:482,4544,853
Jamaica-121:240,2697,382
Cape Verde-111:48,1052,301
Canada-91:3,681,48643,248
Uganda
100%
91:4,550,76942,499
Mozambique-91:3,027,0402,336
Singapore
100%
81:785,88213,409
Liberia
100%
71:630,29415,835
Benin
100%
71:1,510,83532,846
Ecuador-71:2,532,41712,755
Belize
100%
71:50,6163,777
Bolivia-51:2,120,2814,345
Congo
67%
 
51:1,001,84116,039
Burundi-41:2,476,6401,357
Romania-41:5,012,99431,756
Papua New Guinea
100%
41:2,038,078115,092
Kuwait-41:946,31612,511
Malaysia
100%
31:10,149,980208,386
Thailand
100%
31:23,355,271268,869
Germany-31:32,225,95964,270
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Uruguay-21:1,713,81810,870
Australia-21:6,828,81137,569
Ivory Coast-21:11,537,96695,271
Italy
100%
21:30,531,04557,596
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Belgium
100%
11:11,490,04143,727
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
Israel-11:8,402,91845,019
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Gabon
100%
11:1,883,3364,538
Marshall Islands
100%
11:51,2305,014
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Pakistan
100%
11:194,357,680303,535
Central African Republic-11:4,515,3901,073
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Qatar
100%
11:2,369,60559,530
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
11:191,9975,295

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.

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

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.’

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Hebrew (masculine) - The camel (or the recompense) of God.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

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.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: my recompenser is God.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

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