Submitted Name (1)Revisions Save Gender Feminine Usage Croatian Pronounced Pron. GAH-lah [key] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 8/24/2010 by Celadon Edited 7/23/2011 by enchy Meaning & History Derived from the world gala, an old Croatian adjective meaning "black, brown".
Submitted Name (2)Revisions Save Gender Feminine Usage Italian, Popular Culture Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 12/21/2021 by Felie Edited 12/21/2021 by Felie Meaning & History Diminutive of Galatea. The name was popularized in Italy by Gala (born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova; 1894–1982), the wife of poet Paul Éluard and later of artist Salvador Dalí.