Galileo

Revision History

Date	Editor	Name ID	Change Summary
4/23/2024, 9:35 PM	Mike C	galileo	update #115
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	galileo	added (from user-submitted name 17430)
5/19/2017, 1:35 AM	Beautiful Victory	17430
10/19/2016, 9:10 AM	earthnut	17430
7/3/2016, 2:54 AM	LMS	17430
6/19/2011, 9:36 PM	Mike C	17430
4/3/2009, 5:10 AM	Nanaea	17430
4/3/2009, 5:09 AM	Nanaea	17430
12/3/2007, 1:16 PM	Mike C	17430
12/3/2007, 5:44 AM	leananshae

Gender Masculine

Usage Italian (Rare)

Pronounced Pron. /ɡa.li.ˈlɛː.o/

Meaning & History

Medieval Italian name derived from Latin galilaeus meaning "Galilean, from Galilee". Galilee is a region in northern Israel, mentioned in the New Testament as the site of several of Jesus's miracles. It is derived from the Hebrew root גָּלִיל (galil) meaning "district, roll".

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an important Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer. Both his name and surname were from an earlier 15th-century ancestor (a doctor).