Santa Gala Day, April 6. Names for girls

If your daughter is born on April 6 a suitable name would be Gala. It is of Latin origin and means that which comes from Gaul, now France. That day is celebrated the onomastic of Santa Gala that was the daughter of Consul Symmachus and was delivered as a wife to a young patrician who died a year aft

If your daughter is born on April 6 a suitable name would be Gala. It is of Latin origin and means that which comes from Gaul, now France.

That day is celebrated the onomastic of Santa Gala that was the daughter of Consul Symmachus and was delivered as a wife to a young patrician who died a year after the wedding. Widowed, although she was young and wealthy, Gala preferred to give herself to God by carrying out works of mercy helping the poor and needy and dedicating herself to prayer by retiring to a monastery near the Vatican Basilica.

The name of Gala for girls

The name of Gala refers to a person with good humor, cheerful, with great creative, social and understanding capacity.

And so must have been the muse of the surrealist painter Salvador Dalí who popularized this name. Although it was actually called Yelena Diakonov, her first husband began to call her that, helping to make this name spread.

The name of Gala is very popular also in other countries In Bulgarian, it is Galina, while the Greeks call Gala with the name of Galene. In Ukraine, they are called Halyna.

But there are more curiosities about the name of Gala: From the wife of the Goth king Ataulfo, to one of the main Bond girls created by Ian Fleming, although she has never appeared as a character in any film, as a cult artist of Eurodance was Gala Rizzato, or the actress and Mexican youth model Gala Montes de Oca, have also spread this name all over the world.

Although it is not a very common name in recent years its use is becoming popular. As an anecdote we can emphasize that the sports journalist Melissa Jiménez and the soccer player Marc Bartra put their daughter this Latin name.

In our calendar of names of April saints you will find the origin and meaning and the curiosities related to other names by the date of their name day.

Cristina González Hernando. Editor of Guiainfantil.com