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Gail - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Gail

[ 1 syll. gai(l), ga-il ] The girl name Gail is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is far more popular. It is pronounced GEYL KEY. Gail's language of origin is Hebrew and Middle English. It is predominantly used in English. Forms of the name include the English names Gaila, Gayel, Gayelle, Gayleen, Gaylin, Gayline, Gaylyn, and Gaylynn.

In addition, Gail is a short form of the English and German Abigail in the English language.

Gail is also a form of the English Gale. The pet form Gay (English), and the spelling variants Gael (English), Gail (English), Gaile (English), Gale (English and ), and Gayle (English) are other forms of Gail.

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 used only on an infrequent scale today. In 2008, among the family of girl names directly related to Gail, the English and German Abigail was the most regularly used. 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 more girls than boys were given the name Gail.

Baby names that sound like Gail include the English Gael, the French Gaëlle, the English Gaile, the English Gale, the English Gayl, the English Gayle, the Hebrew Gal, the Russian Gelya, the English Gill, the English Glenne, the English Glo, the English Gaila, the Scandinavian Gala, the Hebrew Gali, the name Galya, the English Gayel, the English Gayelle, the English Gayla, the name Geela, and the Hebrew Gili.

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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