Släkthistoria för Galley
Galley Vad efternamn betyder
English: metonymic occupational name from Middle English galei(e) gallie ‘seagoing vessel with sails and oars galley’ (Old French galee galie) perhaps denoting an oarsman. English: variant of Galilee topographic or occupational name from Middle English galile(e) galilie ‘small chapel or porch at the entrance to a church’ possibly denoting someone who lived near a galilee or whose work was associated with one. Scottish: variant of Gailey. French: variant of Gallet Compare Galey. German: presumably a derivative of Gall.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
