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Also Estonian: https://www.stat.ee/nimed/Galina
Also used in Moldova. You'll find bearers on social media.
Also Slovak: https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galina
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Galina -- offer sources
You'll find bearers on social media.
Also used in Belarus: https://belarusdigest.com/story/author/Galina-dzesiatava/
I was born Galina in Belarus. My family moved to the states when I was 10. In school, Americans constantly mispronounced my name and 1 of my teachers started calling me Gail.. and it stuck. I even changed all my documents to reflect the new name. My family and European friends still call me Galya (short for Galina) and I now think I should have kept my original name regardless of mispronunciations. Btw: name Yelena/Helena has absolutely nothing to do with Galina. Entirely different names.
Galina is used in Hungary as well.
Galina "Red" Reznikov is a character on the Netflix original series "Orange Is the New Black."
The name Galina is also frequently used in Georgia.In Georgian, Galina is written as: გალინა.
Galina Vishnevskaya great Russian classical singer sang in the premiere of Benjamin Britten's 'War Requiem'.
I was under the impression that Galina was (or could be) another form of the name Helen. (Most commonly it is Yelena/Jelena - J pronounced as a Y. Russians don't use our alphabet, so there's not much of a canon spelling I think.) Hamburg, for instance, is Γамбург ("GAHM boorg") - There is no real "H" equivalent in Russian, and usually proper names/words get their Hs replaced with Gs when directly transcribed into Russian.Even if I am totally wrong, it is still a very pretty name - and it still has a nice meaning!
This doesn't sound like a name. The fact that it means "chicken" in various languages makes me think of chickens running around.
Galina does not mean "chicken" in Spanish. Gallina is "hen" in Spanish. Different pronunciation. (gie-YEE-nah).
One of my best friends loves this name, and I think it's beautiful. But to be honest I thought she made it up.
Galina Tyunina plays the sorceress Olga in the movies Night Watch (Nochnoy Dozor) and Day Watch (Dnevnoy Dozor).
"Galina" is also the Italian word for "chicken", I believe.
Heheh. It's also the same word "chicken" in Spanish.
Yes, you're right. Galina means "chicken" in Italian and Latin.
Galini {ghalini} is a Greek word, used for 'serenity', for describing the weather good for fishing in the sea - calm, sunny with slight breeze; therefore the name Galina means also 'serenity' or 'great conditions for good harvest'.

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