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[politicking.livejournal.com]

I met a family through work who introduced their daughter as "Gaylen/Galen," but when they sent an email I realized it was spelled "Gaye-Lynne."

I definitely don't hate it, but don't love it, either... but I think I'd rather not use a hyphen.

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[mothermelete.livejournal.com]

Looks like it's meant to be a hybrid of Gayle and Lynne or something to that effect. Not my favorite, but it also has a boyish sound to my ears.

[halliwell66.livejournal.com]

Raze_the_rose posted about Galen last month, I'd not heard of it before then.

Its a quite masculine name, I suppose the Lynne is meant to balance but I'm not a fan of hyphens.

I like the sound of Gail/Gale but these spellings

[politicking.livejournal.com]

A football team that I have followed for a long time has a a player turned coach named "Galen," so I've always associated the name with a man. Not that I hate it for a female, though. I recently looked up it up and was surprised at how popular it actually is even though I've never met anyone in person with the name (until now, if you count little Gaye-Lynne lol)

[halliwell66.livejournal.com]

I had to look it up too, I saw a few girls called Galena/Galina

I prefer just Galen (Gaye-lynne). This name has really grown on me, I quite like the sound of it.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I definitely hate it. I went to school with a guy named Galen, I think that works a lot better.