| The girl name Gail [ 1 syll. gai(l), ga-il ] is pronounced GEYL KEY. Gail's language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in English. Gail is a short form of Abigail (English and German). Gail is an unusual baby girl name. Its usage peaked in 1951 with 0.535% of baby girls being named Gail. It was #36 in rank then. The baby name has steeply dropped in popularity since then, and is currently of only infrequent use. In 2007, among the family of girl names directly related to Gail, Abigail (English and German) was the most popular. Although there were times from 1901 to 1928 that Gail was more popular with boys, today it is used more commonly as a girl name. In 1962, 70 times as many girls than boys were given the name Gail. Baby names that sound like Gail include Gael (English), Gaëlle (French), Gale (English), Gayl (English), Gayle (English), Gill (English), Gayel (English), Gisselle (English), and Gisela (German). KEY: Pronunciation for Gail: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"
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