Gallina

See also: gallina

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Gallina, or borrowed from the italianization of Sicilian Gaḍḍina~Jaḍḍina.

Proper noun

Gallina (plural Gallinas)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gallina is the 17005^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1671 individuals. Gallina is most common among White (93.48%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gallina”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.

Anagrams

• Gallian, Lingala, gallian, la-la-ing

Italian

Etymology

From gallina (“hen”), perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for someone who had a henhouse. Otherwise – with the same explanation – an adapted borrowing from Sicilian Gaḍḍina~Jaḍḍina.

Proper noun

Gallina m or f by sense

1. a surname