Galilee
Hebrew
"the province"
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Galilee Origin and Meaning
The name Galilee is a girl's name meaning "the province".
Galilee is a highly unusual place name, Galilee being a large region in northern Israel, the home of Jesus during at least thirty years of his life, and also where he cured a blind man. The Sea of Galilee gets its name from the area.
Its pretty, delicate sound make Galilee a real possibility for use as a girl's name--in fact one of our Berries chose Galilee as the middle name of her baby daughter.
Popularity of the name Galilee
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