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I thought it was pronounced "gah-lehn", because Galina.
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It’s an OK name but the pronunciation GAY- Lan is not very nice. (For obvious reasons) and the meaning (in my opinion) is not very nice either.
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A well-known bearer of Galen is the character Doc Adams from the old TV western “Gunsmoke”. His office had a sign that said Dr G. Adams but the first name was undecided by the writers of the show, so the actor who portrayed him gave him the name Galen after the physician from Ancient Greece. So, it’s Dr Galen Adams.
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Just add a Y to it :) it looks better! Like Jalen I don’t really like the fact of Not adding Y’s to ay-Lin names.
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The name Galen was given to 57 boys in the US in 2018.
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I actually love the name Galen as a girl’s name! It’s very unique and elegant! But this name does have feminine forms ~Galene and Galena... even Gala, so I personally prefer Galen and all its feminine forms for a girl and mostly Galen for a boy. Giving a boy's name to a girl which is cute will still be considered a masculine name, it’s not like everyone is going to give their daughters boy names, they’re usually named Sophia and Emily!
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In 2018, 61 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Galen who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 1, 784th most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.
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Mad/Calm is a great if oxymoronic name meaning and as someone who likes weird names, I'm thinkin' warrior type or mad-paragon characters.
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Galen Strawson is a famous modern British philosopher.
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There is a vein in your brain called the Vein of Galen, located under the cerebral hemispheres. It is an area where people have aneurysms. I was picked on too, as a young kid, yet my family never pronounced it "Gay"len, but rather "Gale" n. I am PA Dutch (German Dutch) and I have a cousin with my name and it is found more in PA. (I live in New England) I had looked up the meaning many years ago and it meant "healing," which was ironic because I'm in the medical field. My pediatrician as a child was Galen (just a coincidence). Their was a professional baseball player, Galen Cisco, he was a pitcher in the '60's.
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From Star Wars: Galen Erso, father of Jyn Erso, an Imperial engineer who famously designed the Death Star with an intentional flaw in the reactor, allowing the Rebel Alliance to eventually destroy it.
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My name is Galen.
I once hosted a ship's crew from Sweden and Norway.
The crew was very amused by my name and thought I did not know what it means in their language. In fact, the captain is Swedish born. I told them I knew it means CRAZY in english. But not to worry. I am only partially, lol
Recently they bought a new ship to add to the fleet. I asked them if they could name it Galen? They got a very good laugh out of it. :)
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I once hosted a ship's crew from Sweden and Norway.
The crew was very amused by my name and thought I did not know what it means in their language. In fact, the captain is Swedish born. I told them I knew it means CRAZY in english. But not to worry. I am only partially, lol
Recently they bought a new ship to add to the fleet. I asked them if they could name it Galen? They got a very good laugh out of it. :)
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The name Galen was given to 47 boys born in the US in 2015.
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A nursing college in my city is named Galen. I see that St. Galen was a physician, so that makes a lot of sense.
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The name Galen was given to 54 baby boys born in the US in 2012.
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Galen Tyrol, called "Chief," was a character on Battlestar Galactica.
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In the series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Galen was the alias used by Captain Jean-Luc Picard when he posed as a smuggler aboard a mercenary ship in the episode "Gambit."
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This can also be a girl's name.
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Galen Bradwarden was the hero of the movie "Dragonslayer" (1981).
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Galen Marek is Darth Vader's secret apprentice in the Star Wars video game and novel, The Force Unleashed.
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Love this name! My favorite spelling is Gaelin, but it's fantastic any way. I knew a guy with this name, though he spelled it Gaelynn. I highly recommend this name! For a boy, at least; I don't care for it on a girl.
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Galen Clark, who is known as Yosemite's first "guardian".
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Another way to spell this name is 'Gaelen'. I much prefer that spelling to the others.
I've never heard this used as a girl's name. It's definitely a masculine name for me. I'd definitely consider it as a name for my son. It's a nice, traditional sounding name with a nice meaning.
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I've never heard this used as a girl's name. It's definitely a masculine name for me. I'd definitely consider it as a name for my son. It's a nice, traditional sounding name with a nice meaning.
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I like this name, it SOUNDS calm.
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I have seen this on women born around 1950. Other similar feminine names (Gaelyn, Galynn, etc.) are most likely combos of Gay and Lynn and have nothing to do with Galen. Most of these names were given in the 40's and 50's when Gay and Lynn were both popular for girls.
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Galen is way more commonly used as a girl's name than a boy's name (at least in the U.S.)
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This is the middle name of Darby Galen Dempsey, one of Patrick Demspey's sons.
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Gaelan was the name of one of the housemates in the Big Brother house in Australia. (Yes Australia has a Big Brother house) Unfortunately he wasn't one of my favourites. :(
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Alternate spelling is Gaelyn.
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My name is Galen. I actually think it sounds cool if you keep saying it over and over again, and for the immature people, forget the first part that sounds like (gay). I actually get made fun of a lot. I also don't believe in what the Swedish say it means because I have a lot of friends and none of them show any sign of getting annoyed with me or just don't like me. Well I shouldn't say never but everyone has to with someone. But I just want to say to the people who think the name sounds funny and right away think of (gay) when they hear it, Grow up!
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It DOES mean "mad" in Swedish. Look in a Swedish-English dictionary. Just because it means something bad in one language it doesn't make it a bad name! There are people here in Sweden called Gun.
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As a Swede, I can't understand how someone can have this name, because Galen means crazy in Swedish.
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WOW, that is so crazy how a name can mean something beautiful in one language and something horrible in another. I knew someone with this name. I didn't like him much but I thought the name was different. His name was Galen Sean. I thought it was pretty but by American standards I am sure it as viewed as being too feminine.
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I am very happy that this name doesn't have a y in it :-D.
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Galen Grier is Dennis Hopper's 4th child's name.
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Hey! Also from Sweden and it means crazy. I USA I think that's a good spelling, but in Sweden it will be: Är du gaaaaalen?! (Are you craaaaaaazy?!). My son will not bear this name!
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An alternate spelling is "Gayln," but it's not very common.
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Galen Rowell was a noted wilderness photographer and climber.
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Galen means "mad" in Swedish, but then it's pronounced GAH-lenn.
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If you're not living in Sweden, what does it matter if it means 'mad' in their language? It's an old name of Greek origin, and has nothing to do with it etymologically, and therefore it wouldn't be a problem in other places.
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Just like Caprice said, it means that someone is crazy in Swedish. It's the same thing as naming your baby Crazy in USA.
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Except the Greek physician Galenos that mentioned before, in Greek mythology Galene was a Nereid, daughter of Doris.
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I read the name Galenistari on a site somewhere, and the author said that it meant green wizard in elvish (Tolkien's elvish), and since Istari is the elvish word for wizard I figured that Galen might mean green in elvish. Though it may be calen.
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