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Galileo

boy name · Italian origin · 4 syllables

Meaning

of Galilee (from the family name Galilei); Galileo Galilei, astronomer who championed the heliocentric model and improved the telescope

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Galileo peaked in the 2020s.

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