Etymology

Galyna

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Today it means: A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Гали́на (Halýna). Full definition →

Ukrainian Гали́на ← Ancient Greek γαλήνη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγαλήνη“calm”
  2. Ukrainian · borrowed fromГали́на
  3. English todayGalyna

Borrowed from Ukrainian Гали́на (Halýna), from Ancient Greek γαλήνη (galḗnē, “calm”), name of a Nereid and of early martyrs venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγαλήνη all →

GalinaHalina

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.