Galaï

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Galaï is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tunisia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: gallant, ladies' man, suitor.

rarermore common
  • 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)

≈640 people, est.

Sources
97 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)

Tunisia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Galai in FR France, BE Belgium, TN Tunisia and 1 more.

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)

gallant, ladies' man, suitor

Sources 1

  • Trask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Galaï 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.

Where Galaï is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TN Tunisia≈640 est.≈1 in 18K—Galai3
FR France≈240 est.≈1 in 281K28Galai97
IN India≈140 est.≈1 in 9.2M1——
MA Morocco≈140 est.≈1 in 251K—Galai2
ES Spain211 in 2.4M21—2
BE Belgium161 in 733K16Galai6
EE Estonia≈2 est.≈1 in 701Klisted——

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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Galaï is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tunisia, Morocco

    Also written Galai, Galaî, Gâlâi, Gàlài, Gãläi

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Russia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Galai, Gålai, Galaĭ

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Tunisia, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Galai

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Galaï under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Galaï mean, and where does it come from?
gallant, ladies' man, suitor Recorded by Trask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft).
In which country does Galaï have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 642 people named Galaï in Tunisia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled galai.
How common is the name Galaï?
In Spain, the national register counted 21 people named Galaï, about 1 in 2.4 million residents.

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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, “Galaï”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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