Galena
loc · Latin script
Meaning: A mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Galena is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 18th most common given name.
- UAUkraine≈1 in 54as Галина(inferred from the name graph)
- RURussia≈1 in 92as Галина
- PLPoland1 in 169as Halina
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Galena itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Russia (inferred from the name graph)
- #41 (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 306 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 54 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,500,000 named Галина, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Ukraine, est., as Галина
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Галина in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 1 more, Halina in PL Poland and Galina in MD Moldova.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Galena counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #18 | ≈1,500,000 est. | ≈1 in 92 | #7 | Галина | 222 |
| UA Ukraine | #17 | ≈820,000 est. | ≈1 in 54 | listed | Галина | 94 |
| PL Poland | #53 | 226,656as Halina | 1 in 169 | 227K | Halina | 133 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | #14 | ≈98,000 est. | ≈1 in 195 | 4.1K | Галина | 54 |
| BY Belarus | #29 | ≈43,000 est. | ≈1 in 221 | 23 | Галина | 47 |
| MD Moldova | #41 | 38,222as Galina | 1 in 88 | 38K | Galina | 41 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Bureau of National Statistics — birth registrations; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Universal Dependencies Belarusian-HSE Corpus — Person Names (UD_Belarusian-HSE); e-services.md — living population register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Galena is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Gabriolett, Gabryela, Gaby, Gavrielle, Sanadora
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
In Portuguese, galena (mineral mined as an ore of lead)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, lead ore
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Galina Ulanovab. 1909RUnot in their usual nameSoviet ballet dancer (1910-1998)
- Galina Ustvolskayab. 1919RUnot in their usual nameRussian composer (1919–2006)
- Halina Czerny-Stefańskab. 1922PLnot in their usual namePolish musician (1922–2001)
- Galina Vishnevskayab. 1926RUnot in their usual nameRussian soprano opera singer and recitalist
- Galina Zybinab. 1931RUnot in their usual nameRussian shot-putter, javelin thrower, and coach (1931–2024)
- Galina Prozumenshchikovab. 1948UAnot in their usual nameSoviet Olympic swimmer
- Galina Jovovichb. 1950USnot in their usual nameRussian-American actress
- Galina Čisťakovováb. 1962RUnot in their usual nameSoviet long jumper and triple jumper
- Gloriab. 1973BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian pop-folk singer
- Galenab. 1985BGBulgarian singer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 30 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #330,373 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Galena mean, and where does it come from?
- A mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Galena have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 million people named Галина in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Galena?
- In Poland, the national register counted 226,656 people named Halina in 2026, about 1 in 169 residents.
- How common is Galena compared with other names?
- In Russia, Galena is the 18th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/galenaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Galena” — the 18th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.