Gaye - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Gaye \ga-ye\ is a variant of Gay (Old French), and the meaning of Gaye is "glad, lighthearted".

The baby name Gaye sounds like Kaye, Caye and Gae. Other similar baby names are Gayle, Gayel, Gale, Faye, Jaye, Maye and Raye.

Gaye is a very common first name for women (#1295 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#30384 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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