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What does Galatea mean?
Galatea as a girls' name is pronounced gal-ah-TEE-ah. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Galatea is "white as milk". Mythology: Galatea was a statue loved by the sculptor Pygmalion. She was brought to life for him by Aphrodite. The myth, via GB Shaw's play "Pygmalion", is the source of the musical "My Fair Lady".
STARTS WITH Ga-
ASSOCIATED WITH greek, white, life, fair (beautiful), lady (noble)
Variations
VARIANTS Galatee, Galathea
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Galatea Westlyn (G.W.), ..
How popular is Galatea?
Galatea is an unusual given name for females. Galatea is an equivalently unusual surname too for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Galatea has yet to make it into the Top 2000 so far. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Alamea, Alathea, Aletea, Caralea, Claea, Dantea, Gaea, Gaiana, Gaiea, Gala, Gale▼, Galea, Galen, Galena, Galia, Galiana, Galianna, Galiena, Galila, Galilia, Galina, Galit, Galla, Gallia, Galliena, Gallya, Galya, Galyena, Gilana, Glade, Glaura, Glaurea, Glorea, Granata, Grata, Gratia, Halea, Jalea, Janaea, Kalea, Malea, Mattea, Nalea, Natalea, Salomea and Talea. These names tend to be more frequently used than Galatea.
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