It is time to choose the baby's name and you are clear that you want a name of Galician origin. By tradition, by loudness 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 ("Galician" 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 own anthroponyms, while others are of other origins and have adapted to their phonetics and writing. Let's see Galician names for boys and girls with their meaning.
Galician names for girls
Aline (Alyne), contraction of Adeline, of Germanic origin that means "noble."
Aloia, a Galician place name of origin and uncertain meaning.
Anduriña, name of woman of Galician origin whose meaning is "swallow".
Antia (variants: Antoña, Antoíña, Antha, Anthea, Anthe, Anthea), Galician name meaning "florida".
Anxela, Anxélica (Angela), of Greek origin, means 'messenger'.
Baia, Olalla (Eulalia), name of Greek origin that means 'well spoken, eloquent'.
Bieita, Benedita (Benita), of Latin origin, means 'blessed by God'.
Branca (Blanca), of Germanic origin, 'white, beautiful'.
Caetana (Cayetana), of Latin origin, means 'cheerful'.
Carme, Carmiña (Carmen), of Hebrew origin, 'orchard or garden of God'.
Catuxa, Catarina, variants of Catalina, "pure caste, immaculate."
Dors (Dolores), of Latin origin, 'adveración mariana'.
Estevaíña (Estefanía), of Greek origin, 'crowned, victorious'.
Estrela (Estela, Estrella), of Italian origin, 'star'.
Euxenia (Uxía), like Eugenia, of Greek origin. Its meaning is 'well born, noble.'
Isabella, Sabela: variant of Isable, of Hebrew origin, its meaning is 'God is abundance' or 'promise of God'.
Lúa, the Galician form of 'luna'.
Luar, 'glow of the moon'.
Maruxa: Maria in Galician, comes from the Hebrew name Miriam, of uncertain meaning.
Natividade, Galician variant of the name of Latin origin Natividad: birth.
Olalla (see Baia).
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Suevia, female name used in Galicia, whose origin is in the name of the Germanic people that invaded northern Spain, the Suevos.
Xacinta (Jacinta), 'flower'.
Xandra (Sandra), of Greek origin, means 'protector, defender'.
Xasmina (Jasmine, Yasmine, Yasmine), of Arab origin.
Xema (Galician form of Gemma), of Latin origin, its meaning is 'precious stone, jewel'.
Xiana, equivalent to Juliana, means 'belonging to Julio's family', 'of strong and perennial roots'.
Xoana, Xana (Juana), means 'God is merciful.'
Uxía (see Euxenia).
Galician names for children
Alexandre, Xandre (Alejandro): from the Greek, 'he who defends men'.
Andre (Andrés), of Greek origin, 'brave, manly'.
Anton, Antoín, Antoíño: Antonio in Galician, of Etruscan origin, its meaning is 'flowery'.
Anxo, Anxelo, Anxos (Angel), of Greek origin, means 'messenger'.
Benxamin (Benjamin), of Hebrew origin, 'son of the right hand'.
Bernal, Bernardino, Bernardiño (Bernardo), of Germanic origin, 'strong and brave as a bear'.
Bieito, Benedito (Benito), of Latin origin, means 'blessed by God'.
Brais (Blas), of Latin origin, 'he who babbles'.
Breixo, Galician male name of Celtic origin. It means 'very true' and there is some place name in Galicia with this name.
Caetano (Cayetano), of Latin origin, means 'cheerful'.
Cristovo (Cristóbal), of Greek origin, 'bearer of Christ'.
Estevo (Esteban), of Greek origin, 'crowned, victorious'.
Euxenium (Uxío), like Eugene, of Greek origin. Its meaning is 'well born, noble.'
Fernan (Fernando), of Germanic origin, there are several hypotheses about its meaning ('peace', 'daring' ...).
Filipe (Felipe), of Greek origin, 'friend of the horses'.
Hyxinium, Galician name of Greek origin variant of Iginio that means 'vigorous'.
Iago / Yago (Santiago): 'The one who grabs or the impersonator', variant of Jacob.
Odon (Oto): Galician name of Germanic origin that means wealth holder.
Roi, short form in Galicia for Rodrigo. Of Germanic origin, it means 'of great glory'.
Uxío (see Euxenio).
Xacinto, of Greek origin, refers to the flower.
Xacobe, Xacobo, derived from Jacobo, 'he who is a follower of Christ', 'he who clings to his heel'.
Xaime (Jaime), of Hebrew origin, is equivalent to Jacob, 'the one who clings to the heel or the supplanter'.
Xandro (Sandro), of Greek origin, means 'protector, defender'.
Xabier (Javier), 'new house'.
Xandre (see Alexandre).
Xenaro, Xaneiro (Jenaro), 'consecrated to the god Janus, Roman god of peace' or 'doorman'.
Xeraldo (Gerardo), of Germanic origin, means 'strong with the spear'.
Xerman (Germán), of Latin origin, means 'brother'.
Xoán, Xan (John): of Greek origin, means 'God is merciful'.
Xurxo, Xorxe (Jorge), of Greek origin, means 'peasant'.
What name has caught your attention? We hope this listing of Galician names with meaning for babies I helped you choose what your boy or girl will be called.
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