Galle Family History
Galle Name Meaning
German: variant of Gall or a nickname for an evil person from Middle High German galle ‘bile bitterness falsehood’. Flemish: from the personal name Galle a Romance or French form of ancient Germanic Wal(l)o ‘man from Wallonia’. French: nickname for a cheerful lively person a bon vivant from Old French gal(l)e ‘rejoicing pleasure entertainment’. Compare 4 below. French (Gallé): nickname related to 3 above from the past participle of the Old French verb gal(l)er ‘to enjoy oneself to have fun’. Danish and Swedish: perhaps from an old byname Galle believed to derive from Old Danish and Old Swedish galle ‘fault defect’. Americanized or Germanized form of Slovenian Gale .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022