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If you tried that with any name at all, it'd look weird. Proves nothing.

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Glen is fine, if dated. I hear 1930s-1940s jazz in the background. And it's no worse than any other geographical/topographical name and better than many. I prefer it as a stand-alone male name, rather than a shortened form of Glenda or, believe it or not, Glennifer.

Glen seems a little dorky to me. Like Wade or Don. Also reminds me of a guy who stalked me. But it's alright. Not so bad. A decent name. I don't really care for the GL sound, like in Glynis, Gladys, Glenda. Never have.

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As for the trick - poor Glen, I wonder why they picked on him. You could do it with your own name. There's a term for the effect ...

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation

This message was edited 10/7/2014, 9:38 PM

I really don't like it. To me it seems so weak, snively and greasy-haired.

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I think it sounds much sleeker on a girl. It's actually sort of nice there. On a boy, BLECH!!

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With just the one n it doesn't look quite right. I do like it with two n's, especially as a middle name. My brother-in-law's name is Glenn.

Don't hate, don't love.
Just one of those names I can tolerate but will always be very "men" to me.

(I didn't look up the article, I have to go cook supper)-

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Glen is a good name. I have a cousin named Glen, and I know a few.

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I would use it for a son, if I had a bunch of them;it would go well with our last name, it's short, and ends with a consonant.

The article was funny, though I didn't agree with it.

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I think you could put any name in there and it would work as humor (Heidi, Heidi, Heidi, Heidi, Hiedi, Heidi, Heidi... did you even notice the mispelling?)

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In any case, Glen is one of those names like Rose, Cliff and Lily to me... People don't stop and think about how pretty it is as a nature name. They just recognize it for the oodle of eldery touting it today. I think it works and would consider it myself had I no better options.

This message was edited 10/7/2014, 11:43 AM