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Gail (boy)

What does Gail mean?

Gail Pronunciation of Gail as a boys' name (also used as girls' name Gail). The name Gail means "foreigner; cheerful, happy". Gail is an alternate form of Gale (Irish, Gaelic, Old English). See also Gael

STARTS WITH Ga-

ASSOCIATED WITH cheerful (happy)

Variations

VARIANTS Gayle, Gaile, Gaelle, Gaell, Gael

RELATIONS VIA GALE Gaill, Gaille

FEMININE FORMS Gael, Gay, Gayle

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Gail Nehemiah (G.N.), ..

How popular is Gail?

Gail is a somewhat prominent first name for men (#868 out of 1220, Top 71%) and an even more prominent last name for both adults and children (#21553 out of 150436, Top 14%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Gail reached its apex position of #407 in the U.S. during 1930-1939, but is not found in the list currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Gail name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Gail outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular variation forms of Gail rated in the Top 2000 are Gael (#132 FROM RECENT DATA), Gale and Gayle. These forms of Gail were at the apex of their popularity in 2018 (ADOPTION OF 0.2%), except for versions such as Gail which have fallen out of fashion. Gael is the most trendy boy name among these.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Gail, Gael, Gale, Gayle in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Gail and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Gail is alike in pronunciation to Gal, Gall, Gil and Gill. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Adil, Akil, Amil, Axil, Bail, Basil, Bazil, Danil, Egil, Emil, Fadil, Fazil, Gab, Gabe, Gabi, Gabie, Gable, Gaby, Gad, Gadi, Gadiel, Gaer, Gage, Gaige, Gaine, Gains, Gair, Gaius, Galil, Galin, Gallo, Galo, Galt, Gamal, Gamel, Gamul (see Gamal), Gard, Gari, Garin, Gary, Gavin, Gavril, Gay, Gaz, Geir, Gib, Gili, Glin, Graig, Gwin, Hamil, Jalil, Jamil, Kahil, Kail, Kalil, Kamil, Nabil, Neil, Phil, Sahil, Sail, Savil, Trail, Vail and Wil. These names tend to be less frequently used than Gail.

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