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Галина
“calm”
Галина (Galína) is a feminine given name from Greek, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian and Ukrainian.
Bulgarian and Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Galina.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Галина comes from Greek, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Галина developed from Γαλήνη.
Галина’s family of names
In Bulgarian usage, Галина has a diminutive in Галя. In Ukrainian usage, Галина shares a linguistic root with the Slovak form Galina. In Russian usage, Галина has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Halina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Галина has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
8 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Γαλήνηroot · Greek
- Alinaequivalent
- Galaequivalent
- Halinacognate · Polish
- Halynaborrowing · English
- Алинаequivalent
- Алінаequivalent
- Гали́наfeminine form
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Галина
- Galina VishnevskayaRussian soprano opera singer and recitalist (1926—2012)
- Galina UlanovaSoviet ballet dancer (1910-1998)
- Halyna HutchinsUkrainian-American cinematographer and investigative journalist1979–2021
- Galina ChistyakovaSoviet long jumper and triple jumperborn 1962
- Galina ZybinaRussian shot-putter, javelin thrower, and coach (1931–2024)
- Galina VoskoboevaKazakhstani tennis playerborn 1984
- Galina ProzumenshchikovaSoviet Olympic swimmer1948–2015
- Galina StarovoytovaRussian academic and politician (1946-1998)
- Galina KulakovaSoviet cross-country skierborn 1942
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