| The girl name Gayle [ 1 syll. gay-le, ga-yle ] is pronounced GEYL KEY. Gayle has its origins in the Hebrew language and it is used largely in English. Gayle is a short form of Abigail (English and German). Gayle is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1951, 0.153% of baby girls were named Gayle. It had a ranking of #124 then. The baby name has substantially dropped in popularity since then, and is currently of only sporadic use. In 2007, within the family of girl names directly related to Gayle, Abigail (English and German) was the most frequently used. Although there were times from 1908 to 1908 that Gayle was more popular with boys, today it is used more commonly as a girl name. There were 31 times as many girls than boys who were named Gayle in 1958. Baby names that sound like Gayle include Gael (English), Gaëlle (French), Gail (English), Gale (English), Gayl (English), Gill (English), Gayel (English), Gisselle (English), and Gisela (German). KEY: Pronunciation for Gayle: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"
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