The time has come to choose the name of the baby and you are clear that you want a name of Galician origin . By tradition, by sonority or simply because you like that language, whether you speak it or not. As you will see, there are some beautiful names.
The Galician language (“galego” in Galician) is a Romance language of the Galician-Portuguese subgroup (it is closely related to Portuguese), spoken mainly in the community of Galicia. It has some anthroponyms of its own, while others are of other origins and have been adapted to its phonetics and writing. Let’s see Galician names for boy and girl with their meaning .
Galician names for girls
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Aline (Alyne), contraction of Adeline, of Germanic origin that means “noble”.
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Aloia , a Galician place name of uncertain origin and meaning.
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Anduriña , name of a woman of Galician origin whose meaning is “swallow”.
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Antía (variants: Antoña, Antoíña, Antha, Anthea, Anthe, Anthea), Galician name that means “florida”.
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Ánxela, Anxélica (Angela), of Greek origin, means ‘messenger’.
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Baia, Olalla (Eulalia), name of Greek origin that means ‘well spoken, eloquent’.
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Bieita , Benedita (Benita), of Latin origin, means ‘blessed by God’.
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Branca (Blanca), of Germanic origin, ‘white, beautiful’.
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Caetana (Cayetana), of Latin origin, means ‘happy’.
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Carme , Carmiña (Carmen), of Hebrew origin, ‘orchard or garden of God’.
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Catuxa, Catarina , variants of Catherine, “of pure, immaculate caste.”
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Dores (Dolores), of Latin origin, ‘Marian advent’.
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Estevaíña (Estefanía), of Greek origin, ‘crowned, victorious’.
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Estrela (Stela, Star), of Italian origin, ‘star’.
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Eugenia (Uxía), like Eugenia, of Greek origin. Its meaning is ‘well-born, noble’.
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Isabela , Sabela: variant of Isable, of Hebrew origin, its meaning is ‘God is abundance’ or ‘God’s promise’.
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Lúa, the Galician form of ‘moon’ .
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Luar , ‘glow of the moon’.
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Maruxa : María in Galician, comes from the Hebrew name Miriam, of uncertain meaning.
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Natividade , Galician variant of the name of Latin origin Natividad: birth.
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Olalla (see Baia).
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Sabela , Isabela.
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Suevia , feminine name used in Galicia, whose origin is in the name of the Germanic people that invaded the north of Spain, the Suebi.
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Xacinta (Jacinta), ‘flower’.
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Xandra (Sandra), of Greek origin, means ‘protector, defender’.
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Xasmina (Jasmine, Yasmine, Yasmine), of Arab origin.
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Xema (Galician form of Gemma), of Latin origin, its meaning is ‘precious stone, jewel’.
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Xiana , equivalent to Juliana, means ‘belonging to the Julio family’, ‘with strong and perennial roots’.
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Xoana, Xana (Juana) , means ‘God is merciful’.
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Uxia (see Eugenia).
Galician names for boy
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Alexandre, Xandre (Alexander): from the Greek, ‘he who defends men’.
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André (Andrés), of Greek origin, ‘brave, manly’.
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Antón, Antoín, Antoíño : Antonio in Galician, of Etruscan origin, its meaning is ‘flowery’.
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Angel, Angel, Angels (Angel), of Greek origin, means ‘messenger’.
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Benxamín (Benjamin), of Hebrew origin, ‘son of the right hand’.
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Bernal , Bernardino, Bernardiño (Bernardo), of Germanic origin, ‘strong and brave as a bear’.
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Bieito , Benedito (Benito), of Latin origin, means ‘blessed by God’.
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Brais (Blas), of Latin origin, ‘he who babbles’.
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Breixo , Galician male name of Celtic origin. It means ‘very true’ and there is a place name in Galicia with this name.
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Caetano (Cayetano), of Latin origin, means ‘happy’.
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Cristovo (Cristóbal), of Greek origin, ‘bearer of Christ’.
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Estevo (Esteban), of Greek origin, ‘crowned, victorious’.
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Eugene (Uxío) , like Eugene, of Greek origin. Its meaning is ‘well-born, noble’.
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Fernán (Fernando), of Germanic origin, there are several hypotheses about its meaning (‘peace’, ‘daring’ …).
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Filipe (Felipe), of Greek origin, ‘friend of horses’.
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Hixinio , Galician name of Greek origin variant of Iginio that means ‘vigorous’.
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Iago / Yago (Santiago) : ‘The one who seizes or the supplanter’, variant of Jacob.
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Odón (Oto): Galician name of Germanic origin that means possessor of wealth.
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Roi , short form in Galicia for Rodrigo. Of Germanic origin, it means ‘of great glory’.
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Uxío (to see Eugene).
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Xacinto , of Greek origin, refers to the flower.
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Jacob , Jacob, derived from Jacob, ‘he who is a follower of Christ’, ‘he who clings to the heel’.
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Xaime (Jaime), of Hebrew origin, is equivalent to Jacob, ‘the one who clings to the heel or the impersonator’.
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Xandro (Sandro), of Greek origin, means ‘protector, defender’.
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Xabier (Javier), ‘new house’.
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Xandre (see Alexandre).
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Xenaro , Xaneiro (Jenaro), ‘consecrated to the god Jano, Roman god of peace’ or ‘porter’.
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Xeraldo (Gerardo), of Germanic origin, means ‘strong with the spear’.
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Germán (Germán), of Latin origin, means ‘brother’.
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Xoán, Xan (Juan): of Greek origin, it means ‘God is merciful’.
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Xurxo , Xorxe (Jorge), of Greek origin, means ‘peasant’.
What name has caught your attention the most? We hope that this list of Galician names with meaning for babies will help you choose what your boy or girl will be called.
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