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Galina (female)

Variants:Halina (F) Yelena (F)
Pet Name(s):Gala (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes: Russian, of uncertain origin, possibly from Greek "calm". It is also possible that Galina is a variant of Yelena, the Russian form of Helen.
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