Galician Submitted Names

Galician names are used in Galicia in northwestern Spain by speakers of Galician.
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Pitusa f Galician
Diminutive of Pilar.
Platón m Galician, Spanish
Galician and Spanish form of Plato.
Pocho m Galician
Diminutive of Afonso.
Polibio m Galician, Italian, Spanish
Galician, Italian and Spanish form of Polybius.
Pomba f Galician
Galician form of Paloma.
Ponciano m Galician, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Galician, Spanish and Portuguese form of Pontian.
Porfiria f Italian (Archaic), Spanish, Spanish (Mexican), Galician, Dutch (Antillean, Archaic), Portuguese (Indian, Archaic)
Italian, Spanish and Galician form of Porphyria (see Porfirio) as well as a variant of Porfíria used in former Portuguese India.
Pracida f Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Placida.
Prácido m Galician
Galician form of Placidus.
Preciosa f Filipino, Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Galician, Judeo-Catalan, Judeo-Anglo-Norman (?)
Means "precious" in Spanish, Portuguese and other languages of the Iberian peninsula, from Latin pretiōsa "precious, of great value".
Príamo m Galician, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Spanish and Portuguese form of Priam.
Prisciano m Galician, Italian, Spanish
Galician, Italian and Spanish form of Priscian.
Prisciliano m Galician, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Spanish and Portuguese form of Priscillian.
Priscilio m Galician
Galician form of Priscillus.
Prisco m Italian, Galician
Italian and Galician form of Priscus.
Próspera f Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
Spanish and Galician feminine form of Prosperus.
Ptolomeo m Galician, Spanish
Galician and Spanish form of Ptolemaios via Ptolemaeus.
Publio m Galician, Italian, Spanish
Galician, Italian and Spanish form of Publius.
Queitán m Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Caietanus (see Gaetano).
Quintiliano m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Quintilianus (see Quintilian).
Quirico m Galician, Italian
Galician and Italian form of Quiricus.
Rábano m Galician, Portuguese
Galician and Portuguese form of Raban via it's Latinized form Rabanus.
Remixio m Galician
Galician form of Remigius.
Renán m Galician (Rare)
Galician borrowing of Renan.
Requiario m Galician, Spanish
Galician and Spanish form of Rechiar.
Restituta f Late Roman, Italian, Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Archaic), Filipino, Galician (Rare)
Feminine form of Restitutus. This was the name of a 4th-century Christian martyr from Roman Africa.
Restituto m Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Rare), Galician (Archaic), Portuguese (Brazilian, Archaic), Filipino
Italian, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Restitutus. Known bearers of this name include the Argentine soccer player Restituto Brito (born c. 1929) and Restituto del Valle (1865-1930), a Spanish poet and Augustinian cleric.
Reveriano m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Reverianus. A known bearer was the Spanish componist Reveriano Soutullo Otero (1880-1932).
Rexina f Aragonese, Galician
Aragonese and Galician form of Regina.
Robustiana f Galician (Archaic)
Galician feminine form of Robustianus.
Robustiano m Galician, Spanish
Galician and Spanish form of Robustianus.
Roca f Galician
Galician feminine form of Rocco (compare Catalan Roc). This name coincides with Galician roca "rock".
Rolindes f Asturian (Rare), Galician (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Meaning unknown. Mostly used in Asturias and León (also, to some extent, Galicia) in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.
Rosamunda f Italian, Galician, Spanish
Italian, Galician and Spanish form of Rosamund.
Roxelia f Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Rogelia, although folk etymology likes to treat this name as a variant of Roxeria.
Roxelio m Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Rogelio, although folk etymology likes to treat this name as a variant of Roxerio.
Roxer m Galician
Variant of Roxerio.
Roxeria f Galician (Rare)
Feminine form of Roxerio.
Roxerio m Galician (Rare)
Galician cognate of Roger.
Rucha f Galician
Diminutive of Farruca.
Rudesindo m Galician, Italian
Galician and Italian form of Rudesind
Rufa f Italian, Galician
Feminine form of Rufo.
Rufo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Rufus.
Sabiniano m Galician, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Sabinian.
Sadurniño m Galician
Galician form of Saturninus.
Saladina f Galician
Feminine form of Saladino.
Saladino m Galician (Rare), Italian
Galician and Italian form of Saladin.
Saleta f Galician
Galician form of Salette.
Salustiana f Galician
Feminine form of Salustiano.
Salustiano m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Sallustianus.
Salvia f Medieval French, English (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare), Italian (Rare)
From the genus name of sage, an herb formerly used as medicine, which comes from Latin salvus "healthy, safe" (related to salvere "to save, to be saved"), referring to the plant's supposed healing properties... [more]
Sálvora f Galician (Modern, Rare)
After the island of Sálvora, in Galicia. It possibly comes from a Celtic word meaning "salt" or "turbulent waters".
Sansón m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Samson.
Sarela f Galician
From the Galician river Sar and the femenine suffix -ela.
Sargón m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Sargon.
Saturio m Galician
Galician form of Saturius.
Saúde f Galician
Galician cognate of Salut.
Secundina f Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician feminine form of Secundinus.
Sefa f Galician
Diminutive of Xosefa.
Senén m Spanish, Asturian, Galician (Rare)
Spanish, Asturian and Galician form of Sennen.
Senín m Galician
Variant of Senén.
Sentarius m Germanic, Gothic (Latinized), Galician
From Old Germanic senþaz "path, journey; time, instance" and harjaz "army".
Serapio m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Serapion.
Servando m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Servandus. A known bearer of this name is the American professional soccer player Servando Carrasco (b. 1988).
Servio m Galician, Italian, Spanish
Galician, Italian and Spanish form of Servius.
Serxia f Galician (Rare)
Feminine form of Serxio.
Serxio m Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Sergius.
Sesa f Galician
Diminutive of Xosefa.
Severa f Ancient Roman, Late Greek, Italian, Russian (Rare), Spanish, Portuguese, Sardinian, Galician
Feminine form of Severus. This name was borne by Aquilia Severa, the second and fourth wife of the Roman emperor Elagabalus (3rd century AD).
Sía f Galician
Variant of Cecilia.
Sidre m Galician
Variant of Cidre.
Sidro m Galician
Short form of Isidro.
Silveria f Italian, Galician
Italian and Galician feminine form of Silverio.
Simeón m Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare), Aragonese (Rare)
Spanish, Galician and Aragonese form of Simeon.
Sinesio m Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
Spanish and Galician form of Synesius.
Sinforosa f Italian, Spanish (Latin American), Galician (Archaic), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Italian, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Symphorosa.
Sita f Galician
Feminine form of Sito.
Sito m Galician
Diminutive of Lois 2.
Soidade f Galician (Rare)
Galician cognate of Soledad.
Sotero m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Soter.
Suevia f Galician (Modern, Rare)
From the toponym Suevia, meaning "land of the Suebi". The Suebi were a Germanic tribe from modern-day Swabia (Germany) who invaded the Iberian Peninsula in the 5th century and settled in Galicia, where they reigned for nearly a century.
Suitín m Galician
Galician form of Swithin.
Suso m Galician
Hypocoristic of Xesús.
Tais f Bulgarian, Russian, Spanish (Rare), Galician
Bulgarian, Russian and Spanish and Galician form of Thaïs.
Talía f Icelandic, Spanish, Galician
Icelandic, Spanish and Galician form of Thalia.
Tareixa f Galician
Galician form of Teresa.
Tarquinio m Italian, Galician, Spanish
Italian, Galician and Spanish form of Tarquin.
Tarsicio m Italian, Spanish, Galician
Italian, Galician and Spanish form of Tarsicius.
Tarsila f Portuguese (Brazilian), Galician
Variant of Trasilla. A known bearer is Brazilian painter Tarsila do Amaral (1886-1973).
Telésforo m Galician, Portuguese
Galician and Portuguese form of Telesphoros (see Télesphore).
Teodebaldo m Galician, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Theudebald.
Teodeberto m Galician, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Theodebert.
Teodemundo m Galician, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Spanish and Portuguese form of Theodemund.
Teodolinda f Italian, Spanish (Rare), Galician, Portuguese (Rare), Hungarian
Italian, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese and Hungarian form of Theodelind.
Teodorico m Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Galician
Italian, Portuguese, Galician and Spanish form of Theodoric.
Teodosia f Spanish, Galician (Rare), Italian, Romansh, Romanian
Spanish, Galician, Romansh, Romanian and Italian form of Theodosia.
Teofilacto m Galician, Spanish
Galician and Spanish form of Theophylaktos.
Terela f Galician
Diminutive of Tereixa and Teresa.
Terencio m Galician (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Spanish and Galician form of Terence.
Teruca f Galician
Diminutive of Tereixa and Teresa.
Teseo m Galician, Italian, Spanish
Galician, Italian and Spanish form of Theseus.
Tetis f Catalan, Galician, Spanish
Catalan, Galician and Spanish form of Tethys.
Tián m Galician
Short form of Sebastián and Bastián.
Tiberio m Galician, Italian, Spanish
Galician, Italian and Spanish form of Tiberius.
Timotea f Spanish, Italian, Galician
Feminine form of Timoteo.
Timoteu m Galician
Galician form of Timotheus.
Tirso m Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Thyrsus. Known bearers of this name include the Spanish Baroque dramatist, poet and monk Tirso de Molina (1579-1648) and the Spanish prince Tirso Panagiurishtski of Bulgaria (b... [more]
Tiso m Galician (Rare)
Contracted form of Tirso.
Tobías m Catalan, Galician (Rare), Icelandic
Catalan, Galician and Icelandic form of Tobias.
Toia f Galician
Hypocoristic of Vitoria.
Tolomeo m Italian, Galician
Italian and Galician form of Ptolemaios via Ptolemaeus.
Tonecho m Galician
Diminutive of Anton.
Torcado m Galician
Galician form of Torquatus and variant of Trocado.
Totora f Galician
Diminutive of Vitoria.
Trasímaco m Galician, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Spanish and Portuguese form of Thrasymachus.
Traxano m Galician
Galician form of Trajan 1.
Trifón m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Tryphon.
Tructesindus m Germanic, Gothic (Latinized), Galician
From Old Germanic druhtiz "troop" combined with either senþaz "path, journey; time, instance" or swenþaz "strong".
Ubaldina f Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, and Italian diminutive of Ubalda.
Ubaldo m Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Galician, Portuguese and Italian form of Hugbald.
Ugia f Galician (Rare)
Galego reintegracionista form of Uxía.
Ulla f Galician (Rare)
Transferred use of the name of the Galician river Ulla, itself from the Proto-Indo-European root *uei- meaning "to twist" after the meandring character of the river.
Ulrico m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Galician
Spanish, Portuguese, Galician and Italian form of Ulrich.
Urbán m Aragonese, Galician, Hungarian
Aragonese, Hungarian and Galician form of Urban.
Ursino m Galician, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Ursinus.
Valdo m Italian, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Galician and Portuguese short form of masculine names that start with Vald- (such as Valdemaro and Valdemiro) or end in -valdo (such as Osvaldo)... [more]
Valentiniano m Galician, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Valentinian.
Valentiño m Galician
Galician form of Valentinus.
Valterio m Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Walter.
Vane f Galician
Diminutive of Vanessa.
Venancia f Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Venantia.
Veneranda f Latvian, Italian, Spanish (Philippines), Galician, English (African), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Albanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Venerando. It belonged to a semi-legendary saint of the early Christian era, also known as Venera... [more]
Venerando m Italian, Galician
Italian and Galician form of Venerandus.
Verísima f Galician
Feminine form of Verísimo.
Verísimo m Galician
Galician form of Verissimus.
Vicenza f Galician (Rare), Sicilian
Galician feminine form of Vicenzo and Sicilian feminine form of Vicenzu.
Vigo m Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Croatian, Dutch (Modern), Galician
Croatian and Galician form and Swedish and Danish variant of Viggo as well as a Dutch borrowing of the Scandinavian name.
Vimar m Galician
Variant of Guimar.
Virocha f Galician
Hypocoristic of Elvira.
Viruca f Galician
Hypocoristic of Elvira.
Virxilio m Galician
Galician form of Virgil.
Virxinia f Galician
Galician form of Virginia.
Virxinio m Galician
Galician form of Virginius.
Vitoria f Galician (Rare), Aragonese
Galician and Aragonese form of Victoria.
Vitoriano m Galician
Galician form of Victorianus.
Vituco m Galician
Hypocoristic of Vicente and Vítor.
Vivián m Galician
Galician form of Vivianus.
Vixilio m Galician
Galician form of Vigilius.
Vladimiro m Italian (Rare), Galician (Rare)
Italian and Galician form of Vladimir.
Xacinta f Galician
Galician cognate of Jacinta.
Xacinto m Galician
Galician form of Jacinto.
Xacobo m Galician
Variant of Xacobe.
Xaira f Galician
Feminine form of Xairo.
Xairo m Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Jair.
Xán m Galician
Variant of Xoán.
Xana f Asturian (Modern), Galician (Modern)
From the word xana, a type of fairy in Asturian mythology who are said to live in pure rivers and fountains. It may derive from the Roman mythological name Diana.
Xandre m Galician
Short form of Alexandre.
Xaneiro m Galician
Galician form of Januarius.
Xano m Galician, Portuguese
Hypocoristic of Alexandre.
Xaquelina f Galician
Galician form of Jacqueline.
Xaquín m Galician
Galician form of Joachim.
Xasmina f Galician
Galician form of Jasmine.
Xasón m Galician
Galician form of Jason.
Xedeón m Galician
Galician form of Gedeon.
Xeila f Galician (Modern)
Galician borrowing of Sheila.
Xelasio m Galician
Galician form of Gelasius.
Xelmiro m Galician
Galician form of Gelmiro.
Xelo m Galician
Hypocoristic of Anxelo.
Xeluco m Galician
Diminutive of Anxo.
Xema f Aragonese, Galician
Aragonese and Galician form of Gema.
Xenara f Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Genara.
Xenaro m Galician
Galician form of Jenaro.
Xende m Galician (Modern, Rare)
Name of various villages in Galicia, like the parish of Xende (Lama, Pontevedra). The toponyms are hypotesized to ultimately come from some Germanic forename.
Xenevra f Galician
Variant of Xenebra.
Xenia f Galician
Both a Galician borrowing of Xenia and a short form of Euxenia used as a given name in its own right.
Xenio m Galician, Asturian
Short form of Euxenio.
Xenófanes m Galician, Portuguese
Galician and Portuguese form of Xenophanes.
Xenofonte m Galician, Portuguese
Galician and Portuguese form of Xenophon.
Xenxa f Galician
Diminutive of Inocencia as well as a feminine form of Xenxo.
Xenxo m Galician
Galician form of Genesius.
Xeorxina f Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Georgina.
Xeraldo m Galician
Galician form of Gerald.
Xerardo m Galician
Galician form of Gerard.
Xeremías m Galician
Galician form of Jeremias.
Xermán m Galician
Galician form of Germanus.
Xerome m Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Hieronymos (see Jerome).
Xeromo m Galician
Variant of Xerome.
Xerson m Galician
Galician form of Gershon.
Xertrude f Galician
Galician form of Gertrude.
Xervasio m Galician
Galician form of Gervasius.
Xes m Galician, Medieval Galician
Variant of Xenxo. It was revived in the 2010's.
Xiá f Galician
Diminutive of Xiana and Xuliana.
Xiada f Galician (Rare)
From a dialectal variant of xeada, "frost" in Galician.
Xilberto m Galician
Galician form of Gilbert.
Xilda f Galician
Galician form of Gilda.
Xildás m Galician
Galician form of Gildas.
Xillao m Galician
Galician form of Julian.
Xinés m Galician
Galician form of Ginés.
Xinia f Asturian, Galician
Short form of Hixinia.
Xinio m Asturian, Galician
Short form of Hixinio.
Xisela f Galician
Galician form of Gisela.
Xoaquín m Galician
Galician form of Joachim.
Xoaquina f Galician
Feminine form of Xoaquín.
Xocas m Galician
Hypocoristic of Xoaquín and Xaquín.
Xofre m Galician (Archaic)
Galician form of Geoffrey.
Xonás m Galician
Galician form of Jonas 2.
Xonxa f Galician (Rare)
Hypocoristic of Asunción.
Xordán m Galician
Galician form of Jordan.
Xorxe m Galician
Galician form of George.
Xosefa f Galician
Galician form of Josepha.
Xosefina f Galician
Galician form of Josefina.
Xosué m Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Joshua.
Xoviano m Galician
Galician form of Jovian.
Xudit f Galician
Galician form of Judith.
Xudite f Galician
Galician form of Judith.
Xulián m Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Julian.
Xuliana f Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Juliana.
Xuliano m Galician
Galician form of Julian.
Xulieta f Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Juliet.
Xullán m Galician
Galician form of Julian.
Xunio m Galician
Galician form of Junius.
Xunqueira f Galician (Rare)
Means "reed bed" in Galician, derived from the title of the Virgin Mary Nosa Señora da Xunqueira meaning "Our Lady of the Reed Bed". She is the patron saint of the municipality of Cee in Galicia, Spain... [more]
Xúpiter m Asturian, Galician
Asturian and Galician form of Jupiter.
Xusta f Galician
Galician form of Justa.
Xustina f Galician
Galician form of Justina.
Xustiniano m Galician
Galician form of Justinian.
Xustino m Galician
Galician form of Justin.
Xusto m Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Justus.
Xuventina f Galician (Archaic)
Galician feminine form of Juventinus.
Zabel f Galician
Short form of Isabel.
Zabete f Galician, Walloon
Galician short form of Elisabete and Walloon form of Élisabeth.
Zanín m Galician
Variant of Senén.
Zaqueo m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Zacchaeus.
Zenón m Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Galician (Rare), Aragonese, Kashubian
Spanish, Galician, Aragonese and Kashubian form of Zenon.
Zósimo m Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Zosimos via Zosimus.... [more]
Zulima f Galician
Variant of Zulema.