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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish : nickname for an elegant man, from an adjectival derivative of galán ‘beau’, ‘dandy’ (see Galan).
  • Italian (Calabria) : nickname, of Greek origin, for someone with blue eyes. Compare Greek Galanis.

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