Galina

Updated on Dec 16, 2024

Edit

Comment

Gender Female

Galina, Halina, Halyna (Cyrillic: Галина; from Greek γαλήνη "calmness") is a Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovene, Croatian, and Ukrainian female name.

In Ancient Greek myths Galene was one of the Nereid mermaids as the goddess of calm seas. Two Christian female martyrs existed (Orthodox church): first died in 252 (feast day March, 10), other one, most famous Galene of Corinth - in 290 (feast day April, 16).

Given name

Notable bearers of this name include:

Galina Antyufeyeva, Transnistrian politician and the wife of Vladimir Antyufeyev.

Alina Astafei known before 1995 as Galina Astafei

Galina Beloglazova, Russian rhythmic gymnast

Galina Borzenkova, Russian handball player

Galina Brezhneva, daughter of the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev

Galina Bogomolova, Russian long-distance runner

Galina Bukharina, Soviet athlete

Galina Bystrova, Soviet athlete

Galina Chistyakova, Soviet long jumper

Galina Dyuragina, Russian author and child psychologist

Galina Dzhugashvili, Russian translator of French

Galina Efremenko, Ukrainian figure skater

Galina Eguiazarova, Russian pianist

Galina Gorokhova, Russian and former Soviet fencer

Galina Grzhibovskaya, former Soviet figure skater

Galina Kakovkina, Russian artist

Galina Kreft, Soviet sprint canoer

Galina Kulakova, Soviet cross country

Galina Kofman, Russian-born, American computer scientist

Galina Kopernak, Russian theater actress

Galina Koukleva, Russian biathlete

Galina Likhachova, Russian speed skater

Galina Malchugina, Russian sprinter

Galina Mezentseva, Russian ballerina

Galina Miklínová, Czech illustrator and director

Galina Mishenina, Russian rower

Galina Mitrokhina (rowing) (born 1940), Russian rower

Galina Mitrokhina (athletics) (born 1944), Russian track and field athlete

Galina Murašova, Lithuanian is a discus thrower

Galina Munroe (artist) (born 1993), English painter.

Galina Onoprienko, Russian handball

Galina Pedan, Kyrgyz athlete

Galina Penkova, Bulgarian sprinter

Galina Pilyushenko, Soviet cross country skier

Galina Polskikh, Soviet film actress

Galina Poryvayeva, Russian sprint canoer

Galina Prozumenshchikova, Soviet swimmer

Galina Rytova, Russian/Kazakhstani water polo player

Galina Samsova, Russian ballerina

Galina Savenko, Soviet sprint canoer

Galina Savinkova, track and field athlete

Galina Sergeyeva, (1914–2000) Russian actress

Galina Shatalova, neurosurgeon, MD, clinical researcher

Galina Shamrai, Soviet gymnast

Galina Shubina, Russian poster and graphics artist.

Galina Stancheva, Bulgarian volleyball player

Galina Starovoytova, Russian politician and ethnographer

Galina Stepanskaya, speed skater

Galina Timchenko (born 1962), Russian journalist

Galina Ulanova, Russia ballerina

Galina Vale, Ukrainian guitarist

Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano opera singer* Galina Varlamova, Evenk writer

Galina Vecherkovskaya (born 1926), Russian rower

Galina Vinogradova, Russian orienteering competitor

Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano opera singer

Galina Voskoboeva, Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player

Galina Yermolayeva (rower), Russian rower

Galina Yershova, prominent Russian academic historian

Galina Zmievskaya, Ukrainian figure skating coach

Galina Zhikareva, Soviet sprint canoer

Galina Zybina, Russian shot-putter and javelin thrower

References

Galina Wikipedia

(Text) CC BY-SA