Galen

See also: galen and galèn

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪlən/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Γαληνός (Galēnós), from γαλήνη (galḗnē, “calm, tranquillity”).

Proper noun

Galen

1. An ancient Greek physician.
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek, of mostly American usage.

Translations

ancient Greek physician

• Arabic: جَالِينُوس m (jālīnūs)
• Armenian: Գալեն (Galen), Գաղիանոս (Gaġianos)

  Old Armenian: Գաղիանոս (Gałianos)

• Catalan: Galè m
• German: Galen m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Γαληνός (Galēnós)

• Italian: Galeno
• Latin: Galenus
• Russian: Гале́н (Galén)
• Spanish: Galeno (es)

Etymology 2

Reduced form of Dutch van Galen.

Proper noun

Galen (plural Galens)

1. A surname from Dutch.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Galen is the 35671^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 630 individuals. Galen is most common among White (92.38%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Galen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

Anagrams

• -angle, Angel, Angle, Elgan, Lange, Legan, Nagle, agnel, angel, angle, genal, glean, lenga

Luxembourgish

Noun

Galen

1. plural of Gal