Gallivan
surname · Latin script
Meaning: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic 6 Gealbhain (see Galvin)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɡæɫɪvən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gallivan is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic 6 Gealbhain (see Galvin). This form is associated particularly with County Kerry.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gallivan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 1.5K | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- James A. Gallivanb. 1866USAmerican politician, Massachusetts (1866–1928)
- Phil Gallivanb. 1907USAmerican baseball player (1907–1969)
- John W. Gallivanb. 1915USAmerican newspaper publisher, cable television pioneer, and civic leader (1915-2012)
- Danny Gallivanb. 1917CACanadian sportscaster
- Joe Gallivanb. 1937USAmerican musician
- Patrick Gallivanb. 1960USAmerican politician
- Jonathan Gallivanb. 1972CACanadian musician, record producer and multi-media developer
- Craig Gallivanb. 1984GBBritish actor
- Britney Gallivanb. 1985USAmerican mathematician
- Oliver Gallivanb. 2011CACanadian ice hockey player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.5K | #18,277 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.1K | #23,315 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.1K | #22,570 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Gallivan come from?
- reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic 6 Gealbhain (see Galvin). This form is associated particularly with County Kerry. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Gallivan?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡæɫɪvən/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Gallivan mean?
- Recorded meaning: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic 6 Gealbhain (see Galvin).
- In which country does Gallivan have the most bearers?
- Gallivan is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gallivanThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gallivan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.