Russian Names that Start With G

Commonly used in Russia, has an Old World Slavic feel. The original Galen can be used for girls as well as boys.

Festive name of the wife of Salvador Dali. In Spanish, Gala comes from the Roman name Galla, a feminine form of Gallus meaning "rooster" or "a person from Gaul".

Tanya with a G.

Spelling it with a double I -- GEORGII -- makes it ultradistinctive, and less a generic Georgie.

The unlikely name of the hero of Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake, named for an author his father revered.

See GABRIEL.

Perky, quirky literary and artistic name tied to the "father of Soviet literature" Maxim and influential Armenian-American painter Arshile.