Galina

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Female Name

Usage

Finnish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish

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Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of Галина (Galina), a Russian form of the Greek name Γαληνη (Galene)

Greek γαληνη (galene) = 'calm', 'windless'

See also -lina

Related Names

Galina

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See also Gala, Halyna, Lina

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Galina
Genitive:	Galinas

- Finnish
Nominative:	Galina
Genitive:	Galinan
Partitive:	Galinaa

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Galina
Genitive:	Galinas

- Swedish
Nominative:	Galina
Genitive:	Galinas

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Norway: ca 1920

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1920-1929
  • 1940-1949
  • 1970-

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden: Östsverige

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 17 people were named Galina (percentage of first or only given name: 76 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Finland		n.a.	1549	n.a.	1549	0	0
Sweden		435	492	435	492	0	0
Denmark		132	n.a.	132	n.a.	0	n.a.
Iceland		8	9	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		315	n.a.	315	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Galina.