Galina

See also: galina, galiña, and Gaļina

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Гали́на (Galína), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 Russian female given name Галина (Galina).

Related terms

• Galen
• Galene

Translations

female given name

• Belarusian: Галі́на f (Halína)
• Russian: Гали́на (ru) f (Galína)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ukrainian: Гали́на f (Halýna)

Anagrams

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

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Czech

Etymology

See Галина (Halyna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡalɪna]

Proper noun

Galina f

1. a female given name.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Galina

1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Галина (Galina).

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Latvian

Etymology

Variant of Gaļina.

Proper noun

Galina f

1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Галина (Galina).

References

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

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Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡalina/

Proper noun

Galina f (genitive singular Galiny, nominative plural Galiny, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name.

Declension

Declension of Galina

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

Derived terms

• Galinka
• Gala, Gaľa, Galka

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, 2024