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Galician names are used in Galicia in northwestern Spain by speakers of Galician.

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Vítor Masculine Galician Portuguese

Vítor is the Portuguese and Galician form of the Latin name Victor, meaning "victor, conqueror". It is a common masculine given name in Portugal and Brazil, where it has been popular for centuries. The name carries the s...

Xabier Masculine Basque Galician

Xabier is a masculine given name used in Basque and Galician cultures, primarily as the local form of Xavier. The name traces its roots to the Basque toponym Etxeberria (also spelled Etxeberri), meaning "the new house" (...

Xacobe Masculine Galician

Xacobe is the Galician form of James, derived from the Late Latin Iacobus and ultimately from the Hebrew name Yaʿaqov (see Jacob). This name is used primarily in the Galician region of northwestern Spain, where it reflec...

Xaime Masculine Galician

Xaime is the Galician form of James, itself derived from the Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Iacobus from the Hebrew Yaʿaqov (see Jacob). The name has deep biblical roots, borne by two apostles in the New Testament: Jam...

Xan Masculine Galician

Xan is the Galician form of the widely used name John, which means "Yahweh is gracious." In the Galician language, spoken in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain, Xan serves as a distinctive local va...

Xela Feminine Galician

Xela is a Galician short form of Ánxela, which itself is the Galician equivalent of Angela. The name Ánxela derives from the Greek word angelos (ἄγγελος), meaning "messenger," which in turn comes from the medieval Latin...

Xesús Masculine Galician

Xesús is the Galician form of Jesus, used as a personal name in Galicia, a region in northwestern Spain. It derives from the Latin Iēsūs, which itself comes from the Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), a transliteration of th...

Xián Masculine Galician

Xián is the Galician form of Julian, derived from the Latin name Iulianus, itself a variant of Julius. The name ultimately traces back to the Roman family name Iulius, which may be related to the Greek word ioulos meanin...

Xiana Feminine Galician

Xiana is the Galician form of Juliana, which itself derives from the Latin Iuliana, a feminine form of Julian. The root of the name word is associated with the gens Julia, the patrician family of Caesar Augustus, ultimat...

Xiao Masculine Galician

Xiao is the Galician variant of Xián, itself derived from Julian. While Chinese contexts also feature a homonymous name (from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 肖 Xiāo or 萧 Xiāo as a surname, and 小 xiǎo as a term meanin...

Xoán Masculine Galician

Xoán is the Galician form of John, a name that has been profoundly influential across many cultures and languages. Galician is a Romance language spoken in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain, shari...

Xoana Feminine Galician

Xoana is a Galician feminine given name, derived as the feminine equivalent of Xoán, the Galician form of John. Thus, Xoana ultimately shares the etymological roots of John, tracing back through Latin Iohannes and Greek...

Xoel Masculine Galician

Xoel is a Galician form of Joel, derived ultimately from the Hebrew name Yo'el (יוֹאֵל), meaning 'Yahweh is God'. The name is composed of elements yo, a shortened form of Yahweh, and ʾel, meaning 'God'. In the Old Testam...

Xosé Masculine Galician

Xosé is the Galician form of Joseph, a name of deep biblical and historical significance. Predominantly used in the Galician-speaking regions of northwest Spain, the name adapts the Spanish José to the phonological and o...

Xulia Feminine Galician

Xulia is the Galician form of Julia. As a feminine given name of Latin origin, it is ultimately derived from the Roman family name Julius. Though Xulia itself is unique to Galicia, it shares its roots with the more wides...

Xulio Masculine Galician

Xulio is the Galician form of Julius, a name with deep historical and linguistic roots. In Galician, a Romance language spoken in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain, names often adapt Latin or Roma...

Xurxo Masculine Galician

Xurxo is the Galician form of George. Derived from the ancient Greek name Geōrgios, meaning “earthworker” or “farmer,” Xurxo reflects the agricultural roots of George itself, combining the Greek elements ge (“earth”) and...

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