It was Gardevoir first. Gallade was an attempt to make it more masculine, but you'll notice that Gardevoirs have a 50-50 gender split, and if you translate the Japanese name, it means, basically, Sir Knight.
Time for a confession- I have a weird obsession with eyes. And Uxie apparently is able to wipe your memories if it open those gogglers of theirs ( I also assume the Lake trio are females so... make that what you will)