Galway - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's name Galway \g(a)-lway, gal-way\. Irish place name: a city in Western Ireland. Critic Galway Kinnell; flutist James Galway.

For more information, see also the related name Galloway.

Baby names that sound like Galway are Gallway, Caley, Clay, Klay, Gale, Gal, Gall, Galo, Gallo, Gilley and Kaley. Other similar baby names are Galan, Calan, Conway, Galen, Galyn, Galin, Galeno, Gaelan, Galil, Galt, Garroway, Garraway, Kalan, Kawai and Kenway.

Galway is a very rare male first name and a common surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Galway. Click here to compare Galway with related baby names.