Galla
Latin at root: Galla named a woman of Gaul, the feminine of Gallus, "a Gaul". In Poland it barely exists today, carried by only four women, so most Poles have never met one.
Galla Pronunciation
Galla is pronounced GAHL-lah (/ˈgalla/).
What Galla means
Where Galla comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Galla comes from Latin, where it named a woman of Gaul. The masculine Gallus meant a Gaul, one of the Celtic peoples Rome met across the Alps. Galla is its feminine form. The short meaning stays close to that root: galijka, a woman from Gaul.
The name reached high places.
Galla Placidia, daughter of the emperor Theodosius I, held real power in the fifth century. She ruled the Western Roman Empire as regent for her young son Valentinian. Her mausoleum in Ravenna still draws visitors to its gold and blue mosaics.
A later Galla gave the name a different life. Saint Galla of Rome, a sixth-century widow, appears in the writings of Pope Gregory the Great. Her feast day is 5 October.
When Galla celebrates name day
Galla appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 5 October.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Galla
1 in 5635958 women in Poland is named Galla. 4 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #29966 among female names.
Galla as a middle name
Galla is a first name for 4 women in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 57/43 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 4804th, between Gaelle (3) and Galyna (3).
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#4802 Félicia3
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#4803 Gaelle3
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#4804 Galla3
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#4805 Galyna3
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#4806 Gashaw3