Gaylene
A girls’ name of Old French origin, meaning cheerful; a feminine form of Gay with -ene suffix.
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outside the top 1000
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Gaylene by the numbers
Its American peak was 118 babies in 1956, making it a 1950s name.
Other names that come from Gay
Like Gaylene, each of these traces back to Gay: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gaylene. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean joy
Like Gaylene, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
- Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
- Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
- Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Gaylene
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