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Gale

in Arkansas

There are 78 people with the last name "Gale" in Arkansas.

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Ranking in Arkansas

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Gale 3,952
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  1. is 3,948th most common Delk
  2. is 3,949th most common Eastman
  3. is 3,950th most common Ferris
  4. is 3,951st most common Frierson
  5. is 3,952nd most common Gale
  6. is 3,953rd most common Geels
  7. is 3,954th most common Gossage
  8. is 3,955th most common Hathcoat
  9. is 3,956th most common Holbert

Similar Names and Nicknames

Gales, Galeano, Gile, Galey, Galeana, Galea, Galen, Galeas, Galer, Galentine

Most Common First Names for Gale

Anna, John, Mary, Robert, William, Betty, Billy, Candace, Cathryn, Darren

Meaning & History

English: nickname for a cheerful or boisterous person, from Middle English ga(i)le ‘jovial’, ‘rowdy’, from Old English gāl ‘light’, ‘pleasant’, ‘merry’, which was reinforced in Middle English by Old French gail. Compare Gail 2.

English: from a Germanic personal name introduced into England from France by the Normans in the form Gal(on). Two originally distinct names have fallen together in this form: one was a short form of compound names with the first element gail ‘cheerful’, ‘joyous’. Compare Gaillard, the other was a byname from the element walh ‘stranger’, ‘foreigner’.

English: metonymic occupational name for a jailer, topographic name for someone who lived near the local jail, or nickname for a jailbird, from Old Northern French gaiole ‘jail’ (Late Latin caveola, a diminutive of classical Latin cavea ‘cage’).

Portuguese: from galé ‘galleon’, ‘war ship’, presumably a metonymic occupational name for a shipwright or a mariner.

Slovenian: from a pet form of the personal name Gal (Latin Gallus), formed with the suffix -e, usually denoting a young person.

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