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Meaning & Origins
Shortened form of Abigail. It was not found as an independent given name before the middle of the 20th century; it became popular in the 1950s and 1960s, but has since fallen out of fashion.
| 220th in the U.S. for 2011 |
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from Jack 1. As an American surname this has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages.
| 17th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Gaile, Gaila, Gaill, Gailya, Gailey, Gayle, Gailia, Gaily, Gaille, Gale
Jack, Jackman, Jacks, Jackie, Jackowski, Jacklin, Jacko, Jackel, Jacka, Jacky
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