Gala is a feminine given name with multiple origins from different cultures. As a Spanish name, it is a feminine version of the name Gallus, derived either from a Latin

cognomen A ''cognomen'' (; : ''cognomina''; from ''co-'' "together with" and ''(g)nomen'' "name") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. Initially, it was a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditar ...

meaning ''

rooster The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated subspecies of the red junglefowl (''Gallus gallus''), originally native to Southeast Asia. It was first domesticated around 8,000 years ago and is now one of the most common and w ...

'' or meaning "man from

Gaul Gaul () was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Roman people, Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy. It covered an area of . Ac ...

Saint Gall Gall (; 550 645) according to hagiographic tradition was a disciple and one of the traditional twelve companions of Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent. However, he may have originally come from the border region betwe ...

was a 6th-century saint. It is also a Russian diminutive form of the name Galina, from the Greek name Galênê meaning "calm", or a variant of the name Helen. As an English name, it might be used in reference to the word ''gala'', meaning "festival"''.''

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Gala Aleksić Gala Aleksić (née Videnović; Serbian Cyrillic: Гала Виденовић Алексић; born 27 June 1969 in Serbia, Belgrade) is a Serbian actress who gained fame by appearing in some of the most popular films, TV shows, and TV commercials i ...

(born 1969), Serbian actress *

Gala Čaki Gala Čaki sr-cyr, Гала Чаки, ;(Ečka,Serbia, 1987) is a Serbian painter, art collector, and organizer of the ''Gala International Symposium of Art''. Life and work Gala was born on March 19, 1987, in Ečka, Serbia. She complet ...

(born 1987), Serbian painter, art collector, and organizer of the Gala International Symposium of Art * Sofía Gala Castiglione Casanova (born 1987), Argentine actress known as Sofía Gala *

Gala Dalí Gala Dalí (born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova, Елена Ивановна Дьяконова; – 10 June 1982), usually known simply as Gala, was the wife of poet Paul Éluard and later of artist Salvador Dalí, who were both prominent in s ...

(1894–1982), born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova, Russian-born wife of poet Paul Éluard and later of artist Salvador Dalí, who were both prominent in surrealism, and a muse for many other writers and artists *

Gala Évora Gala Évora (born 8 February 1983) is a Spanish singer and actress who has recorded a number of hit songs and received two of her country's top acting nominations for her leading role portraying Lola Flores in the 2007 film '' Lola, the Movie''. F ...

(born 1983), Spanish singer and actress *

Gala León García Gala León García (born 23 December 1973) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of t ...

(born 1973), Spanish professional tennis player * Gala Montes (born 2000), Mexican actress * Gala Porras-Kim (born 1984), Colombian interdisciplinary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles * Gala Rizzatto (born 1975), Italian pop singer and songwriter known as Gala

Pen name

Gala Galaction Gala Galaction (; the pen name of Grigore or Grigorie Pișculescu ; April 16, 1879—March 8, 1961) was a Romanian Orthodox clergyman, theologian, writer, journalist, left-wing activist, as well as a political figure of the People's Republic ...

, pen name of Romanian Orthodox clergyman, theologian, writer, journalist, and left-wing activist Grigore or Grigorie Pisculescu

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