Galina

name

Definitions

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

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.

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