Galina
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian Гали́на (Galína), from Ancient Greek γαλήνη (galḗnē, “calm”), name of a Nereid and of early martyrs venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Proper noun edit
Galina
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name Гали́на (Galína).
Related terms edit
Translations edit
female given name
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
See Ukrainian Галина (Halyna).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Galina f
- a female given name
Declension edit
Estonian edit
Proper noun edit
Galina
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name Гали́на (Galína).
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Variant of Gaļina.
Proper noun edit
Galina f
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name Гали́на (Galína).
References edit
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Galina was the only given name of 1150 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian Гали́на (Galína), from Ancient Greek γαλήνη (galḗnē, “calm”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Galina f (genitive singular Galiny, nominative plural Galiny, declension pattern of žena)
- a female given name
Declension edit
Declension of Galina
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Galina”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024