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Galician Baby Names

I grew up on a street that was named an Italian variant of Roger. When I got married and we bought our first house, it turned out to be on Roger Street. Once noting that coincidence, I started searching for other variants of the name. However, female variants turned out to be pretty nonexistent. Save for Roxeria, which I later discovered was the Galician female form, possibly pronounced rohz-AIR-ee-uh. That led me to a few lists of female Galician names, ranging from common to rare. Here is a sampling of names not often heard here in the states...

Albina
Alda
Alma
Alodia
Aloia
Amada
Amadora
Amalia
Amparo
Anisia
Antia
Araceli
Aranzazu
Artemisa
Avelina
Azucena

Baia
Balbina
Baltasara
Beatriz
Benvida
Berenice
Bieita
Branca
Braulia

Caetana
Carola
Casilda
Casimira
Ceferina
Celsa
Cipriana
Cira
Clorinda
Coralia
Cornelia
Cosima

Davinia
Delfina
Desideria
Dionisia
Dominga
Dorinda
Dorotea
Dositea

Edelmira
Edenia
Elba
Elvira
Emiliana
Etelvina
Eufemia

Fabia
Faustina
Felicita
Filipa
Filomena
Francisca
Frida
Froila

Gliceria
Graciela
Gregoria
Griselda
Guendolina

Hadriana
Heladia
Helia
Hilaria
Honorina

Ida
Imelda
Ines
Iola
Iria
Irimia
Isadora
Isaura
Isidra
Isolda
Isolina

Landelina
Leda
Ledicia
Liboria
Lidia
Liduvina
Lilia
Liria
Lua
Lucila
Luz

Madalena
Mafalda
Mara
Marcelina
Margarida
Maxima
Maxina
Melania
Melba
Melchora
Minia
Mirta

Nelida
Nereida
Nicanora
Nicasia
Nicolasa
Nidia
Noela
Noelia
Noemia

Octavia
Odelia
Ofelia
Olalla
Olegaria
Olimpia
Onda
Oriana
Orosia
Otilia
Ovidia

Palmira
Panfila
Pascuala
Paz
Pelaxia
Peregrina
Pilar
Pomba
Porfiria
Prisca
Prospera

Quiteria

Rafaela
Rexina
Roca
Rosamunda

Sabina
Salome
Salvia
Sebastiana
Serafina
Severa
Sibilina
Silvana
Silvina
Simona
Sira
Socorro

Tarsila
Teodora
Teofila
Tita
Tomasa

Urraca

Venancia
Verisima
Vicenta
Violante
Violeta
Viridiana
Vitoria

Xela
Xema
Xenara
Xenia
Xenxa

Zenobia
Zoraida
Zulena
Zulima
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  1. Kara | The Art of NamingJune 8, 2014 at 5:27 PM

    Oh I love this list! So many beautiful options!! I'll pick a fave per letter: Avelina, Beatriz, Cosima, Delfina, Emiliana, Faustina, Graciela, Hadriana, Isadora, Lucila, Mara, Noemia, Otilia, Prisca, Quiteria, Rafaela, Sabina, Teodora, Vitoria, Xenia, Zulima

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