Meanings
Galen1
- Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus, a Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher (129 – c. 216 CE).
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, of mostly American usage.
plural Galens
- A physician.
It was well known at Barchester, and very well known to Dr. Fillgrave, […] the Barchester Galen, that the great railway contractor was ill.
1858, Anthony Trollope, “When Greek Meets Greek Then Comes the Tug of War”, in Doctor Thorne. […], volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 2421 more example
It has been computed, that by intrusting a well-concocted and tolerably interesting lie, in strictest confidence, to two fashionable Galens, in full practice, and four determined morning visitors or levee haunters, the story will reach 7,963 individuals in the course of four-and-twenty hours,—[…]
1832 November 24, “Gossip”, in Weston Hatfield, editor, Huntingdon, Bedford, & Peterborough Gazette, and Cambridge and Hertford Independent Press, volume XXII, number 1,058, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Weston Hatfield, […], →OCLC, page [4], column 5
Galen2
Origin
Galen · proper noun, noun
- Ancient GreekΓαληνός
- LatinGalēnus
- Middle EnglishGalen
- EnglishGalen
From Middle English Galen, from Latin Galēnus, from Ancient Greek Γαληνός (Galēnós), from γαλήνη (galḗnē, “calm, tranquillity”).
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Full word history & related roots →Galen · proper noun
- Dutchvan Galen
- EnglishGalen
* A reduced form of Dutch van Galen. * A variant of Galyon or Gallon.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Γαληνός
- Γαληνός (Galēnós)Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher
Arabic جَالِينُوس
- جَالِينُوس (jālīnūs)Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher
Bulgarian Гале́н
- Гале́н (Galén)Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher
Catalan Galè
- GalèRoman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher
German Galen
- GalenRoman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher
Italian Galeno
- GalenoRoman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher
Latin Galenus
- GalenusRoman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher
Persian جالینوس
- جالینوس (jâlinus)Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher
Russian Гале́н
- Гале́н (Galén)Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher
Spanish Galeno
- GalenoRoman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher
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Cite this entry
Galen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Galen
“Galen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Galen. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Galen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Galen.
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