 There is a fish hatchery below the village on the Sava.The name "Spodnje Gameljne" means 'lower Gameljne', distinguishing the settlement from Zgornje Gameljne 'upper Gameljne' and Srednje Gameljne 'middle Gameljne'.The settlement was attested in written sources in 1260 as "Gemlein" (and as "Gemleyn" in 1295, "Gaͤmelein" in 1338).