Given name & surname
Gaile
“a foreigner”·“one who is cheerful”
Gaile is a variant of Gale. Interpretations include “a foreigner” and “one who is cheerful”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gaile is a variant of Gale. Interpretations include “a foreigner” and “one who is cheerful”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gaile through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 903
- 5 boys · 898 girls
- Most popular year
- 1946
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 49 in 1946. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 796 as a first name in 2020; 124 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gaile’s family of names
Gaile has a related form in Gail. Gaile has a related form in Gale.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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