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Galina
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A female given name common in Russian and Bulgarian, meaning roughly "calm."
"Her grandmother, Galina, immigrated from Russia in the 1970s."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA common Russian and Bulgarian female first name.
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Etymology
From Russian and Bulgarian Galina, ultimately from the Greek word for "calm," also the name of a sea nymph in Greek myth.