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Gale (girl)

What does Gale mean?

Gale Pronunciation of Gale as a name for girls (also used as boys' name Gale) is a Hebrew name, and the name Gale means "father of exaltation". Gale is an alternate spelling of Abigail (Hebrew). Gale is also a variant of Gail (Hebrew).

STARTS WITH Ga-

Variations

VARIANTS Gaylle, Gayll, Gayle, Gayelle, Gayel, Gal, Gaile, Gahl, Gael

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA ABIGAIL, GAIL Abbe, Gaila, Gaill, Galia, Gayla, Gayleen, Gaylene, Gayline, Gaylla

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Gale Riley (G.R.), ..

How popular is Gale?

Gale is a very popular first name for females (#690 out of 4276, Top 16%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#2197 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Gale was first listed in 1890-1899 and reached its peak position of #281 in the U.S. during the years 1950-1959, but is not ranked at the moment. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

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

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

Which version is better?

Abbe, Abigail (#11 A YEAR AGO), Gail, Gaile, Gayla, Gayle and Gaylene are the popular variation forms of Gale. These forms of Gale were popular with parents a decade ago (USAGE OF 0.9%) and are somewhat less conventional today (USAGE 0.6%, 32%), with versions like Gayle becoming less trendy.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Gale, Abbe, Abigail, Gail, Gaile in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Gayla, Gayle, Gaylene in U.S.

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

Similar Names

Gale is pronounced similarly to Gaelle, Gill, Gul and Gull. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Alle, Carle, Cele, Cile, Cole, Daile, Dale, Dayle, Elle, Gabbe (see Gabrielle), Gabi, Gaby, Gada, Gae, Gaea, Gai, Gaia, Gaiea, Gala, Galea, Galen, Galena, Galit, Galla, Galya, Gana, Gavi, Gay, Gaye, Gaylen (see Gayle), Gene, Gila, Glade, Glen, Golde, Grace, Halle, Hazle, Iole, Kahle, Kalle, Kayle, Kyle, Mable, Neale, Paule, Peale, Sable, Sile, Vale and Zele. These names tend to be less commonly used than Gale.

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