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101 Galician names for boy

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The Galician language (“galego” in Galician) is a Romance language of the Galician-Portuguese subgroup (it is closely related to Portuguese), spoken mainly in the community of Galicia. It has some anthroponyms of its own, while others are of other origins and have been adapted to its phonetics and writing.

We share 101 Galician names for boys with their meaning.

Galician names for boy

  • Agostiño: Galician form of Agustín
  • Airas: related to the Pre- Latin roots ar- ‘valley’ or anas , ‘river’.
  • Alberte: Galician form of Alberto, means ‘brilliant noble’
  • Aleixo: Galician form of Alejo, means ‘defender’.
  • Alexandre: Galician form of Alexander, it means ‘the one who defends men’.
  • Amaro: Galician form of Mauro, which means ‘Moor’.
  • Amil: means ‘unreachable’.
  • André: Galician form of Andrés, of Greek origin, ‘brave, manly’.
  • Anselmo: means ‘protector god’.
  • Antón: Antonio in Galician, of Etruscan origin, its meaning is ‘flowery’.
  • Antoín: Antonio in Galician
  • Antoíño: Antonio in Galician
  • Ánxelo: Galician form of Angel, which is of Greek origin and means ‘messenger’.
  • Anxo: Angel in Galician.
  • Anxos: Angel in Galician.
  • Artai: in Galician mythical history, Artai was the eldest son of Brigo, the first settler of Galicia.
  • Artur: Galician form of Arturo.
  • Arximiro: means ‘famous army’.
  • Aurelio: means ‘golden’.
  • Basilio: means ‘king’.
  • Benedito: Galician form of Benito, which is of Latin origin and means ‘blessed by God’.
  • Bento: Galician form of Benito.
  • Benvito: means ‘well come, well born’.
  • Benxamín: Galician form of Benjamin, of Hebrew origin, ‘son of the right hand’.
  • Bernal: Galician form of Bernardo, which is of Germanic origin, and means ‘strong and brave like a bear’.
  • Bernaldo: Galician form of Bernardo.
  • Bernardiño: Galician form of Bernardo.
  • Bieito: Galician form of Benito.
  • Boaventura: means ‘good omen’.
  • Brais: Galician form of Blas, of Latin origin, ‘he who babbles’.
  • Breixo: Galician male name of Celtic origin. It means ‘very true’ and there is a place name in Galicia with this name.
  • Breogán: he was the king who founded the Galician Celtic nation.
  • Brigo: name of the first Galician settlers.
  • Bruno: means ‘breastplate’.
  • Caetano: Galician form of Cayetano, of Latin origin, means ‘happy’.
  • Calisto: means ‘very beautiful’.
  • Calros: Galician form of Carlos, which means ‘strong’.
  • Camilo: means ‘minister’.
  • Cibrán: Galician form of Cipriano, which means ‘of Cyprus’.
  • Cilistro: Galician form of Celestino, relative to the celestial.
  • Ciriaco: means ‘love of God’.
  • Clemenzo: Galician form of Clemente, which means ‘benign’.
  • Clodio: Galician form of Claudio, which means ‘lame’.
  • Cosme: means ‘universal’.
  • Cristovo: Galician form of Cristóbal, of Greek origin, ‘bearer of Christ’.
  • Davide: Galician form of David, which means ‘beloved of God’.
  • Diogo: Galician form of Diego, which means ‘educated’.
  • Domingos: Galician form of Domingo, which means ‘consecrated to God’.
  • Duarte: means ‘glorious guardian’.
  • Eloy: means ‘chosen’.
  • Estevo: Galician form of Esteban, which is of Greek origin and means ‘crowned, victorious’.
  • Eulogio: Galician form of Eulogio, means ‘good word’.
  • Eutelo: Galician form of Eleuterio, which means ‘free’.
  • Euxenio: Galician form of Eugenio, of Greek origin. Its meaning is ‘well born, noble’.
  • Exidio: Galician form of Egidio, which means ‘protector’.
  • Fernán: Galician form of Fernando, of Germanic origin, there are several hypotheses about its meaning (‘peace’, ‘daring’ …).
  • Fidel: means ‘faithful, sincere’.
  • Filipe: Galician form of Felipe, of Greek origin, ‘friend of horses’.
  • Firmino: Galician form of Fermín, which means ‘firm’.
  • I did: it means ‘happy’.
  • Frederico: Galician form of Federico, meaning ‘prince of peace’.
  • Fruity: Galician form of Fructuoso, which means ‘fruitful’.
  • Gasparo: Galician form of Gaspar, which means ‘administrator of the treasure’.
  • Goio: Galician form of Gregorio, which means ‘watchman’.
  • Hixinio: Galician name of Greek origin variant of Higinio that means ‘vigorous’.
  • Iago: means ‘The one who seizes or the supplanter’, a variant of Jacob.
  • Lois: Galician form of Luis, which means ‘glorious in battle’.
  • Luar: unisex Galician name.
  • Luis: Galician form of Luis.
  • Manoel: Galician form of Emmanuel, which means ‘God with us’.
  • Odón: Galician name of Germanic origin that means ‘possessor of wealth’.
  • Pascoal: Galician form of Pascual, which refers to the Easter festival.
  • Payo: Galician form of Pelayo, which means ‘who has the will to choose’.
  • Peio: Gallega form of Pedro
  • Pello: Galician form of Pedro
  • Peru: Galician form of Pedro
  • Quentin: Galician form of Quintín, which means ‘fifth’.
  • Roi: short form in Galicia for Rodrigo. Of Germanic origin, it means ‘of great glory’.
  • Roxelio: Galician form of Rogelio, which means ‘illustrious fighter’.
  • Rui: variants of Roi.
  • Tadeu: Galician form of Thaddeus, which means ‘the one who praises God’.
  • Uxío: Galician form of Eugene.
  • Vicenzo: Galician form of Vicente, which means ‘victorious, undefeated’.
  • Virgil: Galician form of Virgil, meaning ‘branch’.
  • Xabier: Galician form of Javier, which means ‘new house’.
  • Xacinto: of Greek origin, refers to the flower.
  • Jacob: derived from Jacob, ‘he who is a follower of Christ’, ‘he who clings to the heel’.
  • Jacob: derived from James.
  • Xaime: Galician form of Jaime, of Hebrew origin, is equivalent to Jacob, ‘the one who clings to the heel or the impersonator’.
  • Xan: Galician form of Juan, which is of Greek origin and means ‘God is merciful’.
  • Xandro: Galician form of Sandro, of Greek origin, means ‘protector, defender’.
  • January: Galician form of Jenaro.
  • Xandre: variant of Alexander.
  • Xaquin: Galician form of Joaquín, which means ‘God builds’.
  • Xenaro: Galician form of Jenaro, which means ‘consecrated to the god Janus, Roman god of peace’ or ‘gatekeeper’.
  • Xeraldo: Galician form of Gerardo, of Germanic origin, it means ‘strong with the spear’.
  • Gerardo: Galician form of Gerardo.
  • Xermán: Galician form of Germán, of Latin origin, means ‘brother’.
  • Xesus: Galician form of Jesus, which means ‘God saves’.
  • Xián: Galician form of Julian.
  • Xoán: Galician form of Juan.
  • Joel: Galician version of a classical Hebrew name meaning ‘Yahweh is God’.
  • Xorxe: Galician form of Jorge, of Greek origin, means ‘peasant’.
  • Xurxo: Galician form of Jorge.

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