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[so-there.livejournal.com]

at work I came across the name Galen on a file. no indication of whether this is a male or a female, anyone know? I'm trying to decide if I like it or not...

also, in a parenting magazine I saw a photo of triplets, the two girls were Faith and Hope, and the boy was... Gabriel. really, why not just call him Love? or Charity? [/sarcasm]

Comments

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I had a friend named this in elementary school. It's pronounced Gale-en. I like it:)

[so-there.livejournal.com]

girl or boy? ;)

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Oh, sorry! Boy, haha. It's definitely a boy's name. I can't see it on a girl at all. I think it's one of those names, though, like Elliot or Finley, that people all of a sudden think sounds good on a girl, even though it's really masculine.

[muliebrity.livejournal.com]

I've heard it for both sexes.
Because they don't want him teased mercilessly?

[so-there.livejournal.com]

but Faith and Hope won't be teased? my "why not...?" question was pure sarcasm, btw.

[muliebrity.livejournal.com]

In this community, you never know.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I've only heard of Gaelen, and I like that spelling better. I'm not a real fan of the name though. I don't know why.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

*since everyone else here says it's a boy's name, the Gaelen I heard of is female, and I think I like it better on girls =)

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

I know a male Galen. Pronounced Gay-len.

[jesus--suburbia.livejournal.com]

Galen is for a boy...I know a Calen (boy) and Kaylan (girl), both pronouced Kay-Lynn. There is also a boy on KidNation named Guylan, that's kind of weird. I don't think I would use any form of those on anyone.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Galen is very masculine I think. There's a character named Galen in Battlestar Galactica. I kinda like it, but I'd be worried about kids going "hur hur, your name starts with GAY" all the time.

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

I like Faith, Hope, and Gabriel.

[so-there.livejournal.com]

all I can think is "one of these things is not like the other..."

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

Totally!

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

My friend said the same thing, haha. It's like her cousins - Jeff, June, Jenny - and Stephanie. :)

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Galen (I pronounce it as GAY-lin) is a boy's name. There was a Greco-Roman physician in the second century BCE who contributed a lot to medicine by that name, so that's who I always think of. I really like the name, but I feel like giving a boy that starts with the sound "gay" would be a really, really bad idea.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_toasterhead/]

there's a Chinese actor named Gallen. i always thought it was pronounced "GEH-len."

[snowowl.livejournal.com]

Galen was a Roman physician whose findings pretty much dominated the world of medical science up until...well, today. He performed brain and eye surgery, to name a few of his remarkable legacies.

[ithryn.livejournal.com]

And the first anatomist!

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I knew a girl in high school named Galen. She pronounced it GAY-lin.

[missinfinity.livejournal.com]

My (impolite word) cousins named their daughter Gailynn, after her father's middle name, Galen. Her grandmother insists on prn'ing it Gail-lynn, but it's supposed to be gail-in. They gave her the mn Dawn, which is her mom and her sister's mn as well. It's really creepy. (needless to say, ick.)

Eurgh, I hate sibsets that are sets of things, like Faith and Hope or Ruby and Pearl or June and April... I could go on.

[bluekoala.livejournal.com]

For some reason, thinking "Faith, Hope, and...Gabriel" really made me crack up

[yukonsally]

I know of 2 male Galens.

[seminolesmooth.livejournal.com]

I have a friend from college named Gaelen. She's a girl. I can only imagine it on a girl as a result of that...

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

The problem with Galen is the GAY sound. Kids are cruel.

[samaside.livejournal.com]

Faith and Hope are theological virtues, are they not? And Gabriel is an angel. So, it actually matches. Because, really, Charlity and Love don't work on a boy. The only one that might is one of the other additional virtues, Justice.

[so-there.livejournal.com]

faith, hope, and love are together in some verse somewhere, just those three. and some translations have charity instead of love. so, it's like a word set with 3, and there's 3 kids, but only 2 of them are named from that word set...

[samaside.livejournal.com]

Still, Gabriel fits into the religious connection.