Galai
surname · Latin script
Meaning: first-person singular past historic of galer
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/galɛ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Galai is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tunisia than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 281K(inferred from the name graph)
- TNTunisia≈1 in 18K
- MAMorocco≈1 in 251K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Tunisia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 97 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)
≈640 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Tunisia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
first-person singular past historic of galer
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Galai counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Galai is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Indonesian, galley: a long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Galician, second-person plural imperative of galar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, gallant, ladies' man, suitor
as a wordTrask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Binyamin Galaib. 1921ILIsraeli writer (1921–1995)
- Dan Galaib. 1945ILIsraeli economist
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 14 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 41 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 32 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 28 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 21 | #83,030 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 21 | #80,648 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 16 | #54,685 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 7 | — |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 4 | #37,295 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 2 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 1 | — |
Reference works 1
- 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
- What does the name Galai mean, and where does it come from?
- first-person singular past historic of galer Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Galai?
- A machine transcription gives /galɛ/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Galai have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 642 people named Galai in Tunisia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled galai.
- How common is the name Galai?
- In Spain, the national register counted 21 people named Galai, about 1 in 2.4 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/galaiThe 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, “Galai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.