Gayle - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Gayle \ga(y)-le\, also used as girl's name Gayle, is a variant of Gale (Irish, Gaelic, Old English), and the meaning of Gayle is "foreigner; cheerful, happy".

The baby name Gayle sounds like Cayle and Gaile. Other similar baby names are Dayle, Gable, Gayne, Gaylen, Gayler, Hayle and Zayle.

Gayle is a somewhat common first name for men (#1130 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#4902 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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