Comments for the name Jalen

The name Jalen comes from Jalen Rose, a University of Michigan basketball player in the early 1990's. When naming my first son after him in 1993, I had the U of M basketball office call his mother to ask the origin of the name. He is named after 2 family members combined - James and Leonard.

In the United States, the regular use of Jalen is clearly attributable to the career of the basketball player Jalen Rose, so its origin is "a blend of James and Leonard", as that was how his mother created his name. [noted -ed]

My friend's mother named her daughter Jailyn, a possible feminine variant of "Jalen". Upon inquiry, I discovered that the name was a combination of Jay (short for Jamie) and "Lynn", the mother's middle name.

I just don't like this name at all. It's just, ewww. But that is my opinion. It reminds me of Joslyn. Not masculine AT all.

I think this is a really cool name, actually.

This is one of my favourite names! The only thing I would change is to spell it "Jaelen" so it could be an anagram for "Jelena".

Sounds like the action of putting a person to jail. Lazily constructed, far from classy, and not a good grown-up name.

My friend named her daughter this, but spells it Jeylan. My friend is originally from Turkey, and she says in Turkey this is a girl’s name. I like it for a girl, but would never use it for a boy. It sounds too feminine to me.

I think this name is even worse than Jaden, Caden, Brayden, and Aiden.

Jalen Rose's mother should have gone with "James Leonard" instead of ramming two perfectly fine names into this monstrosity. Once your son is over five years of age, this name will no longer be cute; who will take him seriously, and especially when he heads for the job market? Children are not toddlers forever; they eventually grow up and their names are expected to fit them throughout their lives.

I thought that this name is Slovenian. I know a boy from Slovenia whose name is Jalen and it is pronounced YA-len.

In 1569 muster roll in Kenwyn Cornwall jalen is listed as a weapon that can be used in battles. Site is http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/searchdb.php?pr=&forename=&surname=cavell&records=50&Soundex=Soundex&dbname=muster&formval=&Submit=Search

Um, if you put James and Leonard together, wouldn't you get JAMARD or JAMLEO, not JALEN?

Another tryndie mess. Naming is getting out of control here in the US. Parents are making things up, not thinking about all the beautiful REAL names out there, and completely ignoring the fact that their children won't be young forever. I mean really, would James Leonard have been such a bad idea?

I personally think the name is beautiful. I see it as only a boy name however. I read somewhere that it is actually a historical name meaning "bird of light" and true to that the name sounds very light and angelic. It makes me imagine a very sweet gentle compassionate loving boy. I adore the name.

Here's a hint: if the definition of a name says: "an invented name", you probably shouldn't give it to your child! This isn't a real name! It was a name someone gave to their son to honor his grandfather's, and if you ask me, it's kind of creepy that other people are giving it to their children. I felt like I was about to vomit while reading all the comments saying they know people who named their daughters this and spelled it "jailyn, or jaelynne, or jaylyn, or whatever. The perfect example of why I absolutely, positively HATE modern names.

I don't really have an opinion about this name but I do know a few guys named this (one is Ja'Lin I think) and they're all pretty chill and not ghetto at all. I feel like it's one of those names that has the potential to be ghetto but it really depends on who's using it.