Galina
Galina (also Halina or Halyna ) is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
The name Galina comes from the Greek γαλήνη , Galene and originally means 'silence (sea)', 'calm' or 'peace'. The name is also popular in Russia.
variants
Pet forms are Galja or Gala . Russian also allows the following forms: Galinka, Galotschka, Galtschjonok, Galka, Galjuntschik etc. The Polish and Czech variant of the name is Halina , the Ukrainian Halyna .
Well-known namesake
Galina
- Galina Agafja Andrejewna Kusmenko (1892–1978), Ukrainian anarchist, partner of Machnos
- Galina Alexejewna Kuklewa (* 1972), Russian biathlete
- Galina Alexejewna Kulakowa (* 1942), Russian cross-country skier
- Galina Andrejewna Stepanskaja (* 1949), Russian speed skater
- Galina Astafei (* 1969), also Alina Astafei , German and formerly Romanian athlete
- Galina Ivanovna Sybina (* 1931), Russian athlete
- Galina Ivanovna Ustvolskaya (1919–2006), Russian composer
- Galina Evgenjewna Bogomolowa (* 1977), Russian long-distance runner
- Galina Evgenjewna Nikolajewa (1911–1963), Russian writer
- Galina Jurjewna Skiba (* 1984), Russian ice hockey player
- Galina Wiktorowna Krutikowa (* 1960), stage name Gal Rasché , Russian-Austrian conductor and pianist
- Galina Vyacheslavovna Maltschugina (* 1962), Russian athlete
- Galina Nikolajewna Prosumenschtschikowa (1948–2015), Russian swimmer
- Galina Pawlowna Vishnevskaya (1926–2012), Russian soprano
- Galina Petrovna Bystrowa (1934–1999), b. Galina Dolschenkowa , Soviet athlete
- Galina Romanowa (1918–1944), Russian doctor and resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Galina Sergejewna Ulanowa (1910–1998), Russian prima ballerina
- Galina Tschistjakowa (* 1962), Russian long jumper
- Galina Vladimirovna Lichatschowa (* 1977), Russian speed skater
- Galina Borissowna Woltschek (1933–2019), Russian theater and film actress and theater director
- Galina Igorewna Schirschina (* 1979), Russian politician and psychologist
- Galina Alexandrovna Polskich (born 1939), Russian actress
- Galina Wassiljewna Starowoitowa (1946–1998), Russian human rights activist, ethnologist and politician
Halina
- Halina Bendkowski (* 1949), Polish journalist, editor, politician, activist of the feminist and lesbian scene
- Halina Bertram (* 1971), Czech pianist
- Halina Birenbaum (* 1929), Israeli writer
- Halina Czerny-Stefańska (1922–2001), Polish pianist
- Halina Golanko (* 1948), Polish actress
- Halina Herrmann (* 1938), Polish-German athlete and Olympic champion
- Halina Martha Jäkel (* 1989), German actress and director
- Halina Jaworski (* 1952), German painter and visual artist
- Halina Kobeckaitė (* 1939), Lithuanian diplomat
- Halina Konopacka (1900–1989), Polish athlete
- Halina Kratochwil (* 1972), German costume and set designer
- Halina Lewicka (1906–1983), Polish Romance philologist
- Halina Nowacka-Durnaś (1909–2005), Polish pianist and teacher
- Halina Pawlowská (* 1955), Czech writer, dramaturge, publicist and publisher
- Halina Reijn (* 1975), Dutch actress
- Halina Szymańska (agent) , Polish resistance fighter
- Halina Wawzyniak (* 1973), German politician
- Halina Zalewska (1940–1976), Italian actress
Halyna
- Halyna Kaltschenko (1926–1975), Ukrainian sculptor
- Halyna Oschejko (* 1979), Ukrainian beach volleyball player
- Halyna Pundyk (* 1987), Ukrainian saber fencer, Olympic champion and world champion
- Halyna Schuljewa (born 5th 1966), Ukrainian marathon runner
- Halyna Smijewska (* 1952), Ukrainian figure skating coach
Others
- The Russian author Alexander Michailowitsch Purer took his pseudonym Galin from the first name of his fellow Leningrad student and later wife "Galina".