Galina

See also: galina, galiña, and Gaļina

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian and 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

Galina

1. A transliteration of the Bulgarian or Russian female given name Гали́на (Galína).

Related terms

• Galen
• Galene

Translations

female given name

• Belarusian: Галі́на f (Halína)
• Bulgarian: Галина f (Galina)
• Polish: Halina (pl)
• Russian: Гали́на (ru) f (Galína)
• Swedish: Galina f
• Ukrainian: Гали́на f (Halýna)

Anagrams

• -lagnia, Anglia, Ilagan, agnail, gai-lan, gailan

Czech

Etymology

See Ukrainian Галина (Halyna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡalɪna]

Proper noun

Galina f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Galina (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Galina	Galiny
genitive	Galiny	Galin
dative	Galině	Galinám
accusative	Galinu	Galiny
vocative	Galino	Galiny
locative	Galině	Galinách
instrumental	Galinou	Galinami

Estonian

Proper noun

Galina

1. a transliteration of the Russian female given name Гали́на (Galína)

Latvian

Etymology

Variant of Gaļina.

Proper noun

Galina f

1. a transliteration of the Russian female given name Гали́на (Galína)

References

• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Galina was the only given name of 1150 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek γαλήνη (galḗnē)

Russian Гали́на (Galína)bor.

Slovak Galina

Borrowed from Russian Гали́на (Galína), from Ancient Greek γαλήνη (galḗnē, “calm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʎina/, (high register) [ˈɡaʎina], (common) [ˈɡalina]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: Ga‧li‧na

Proper noun

Galina f (diminutive Galinka or Galka)

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Galina
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	Galina	Galiny
genitive	Galiny	Galín
dative	Galine	Galinám
accusative	Galinu	Galiny
locative	Galine	Galinách
instrumental	Galinou	Galinami

Derived terms

Hypocoristics

• Gala
• Gaľa

Further reading

• “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, 2003–2026