Galileo
[ɡælɪˈleɪoʊ]Meaning
medieval Italian name from Latin galilaeus, "Galilean, from Galilee"
Background Story
Galileo is a medieval Italian name derived from the Latin galilaeus, meaning "Galilean, from Galilee", a region in northern Israel. The Latin comes from the Hebrew root galil, meaning "district, roll". The name is borne by the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, whose name and surname came from an earlier 15th-century ancestor, a doctor.
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