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Gale

in California

There are 1,329 people with the last name "Gale" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Gale 2,101
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  1. is 2,097th most common Brewster
  2. is 2,098th most common Inman
  3. is 2,099th most common Vizcarra
  4. is 2,100th most common Dasilva
  5. is 2,101st most common Gale
  6. is 2,102nd most common Meeks
  7. is 2,103rd most common Crandall
  8. is 2,104th most common Steward
  9. is 2,105th most common Mendiola

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gale

Robert, John, James, Michael, Mary, William, Richard, Mark, Barbara, David

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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