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Gale

in Iowa

There are 178 people with the last name "Gale" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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Gale 1,889
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  1. is 1,885th most common Cady
  2. is 1,886th most common Carmichael
  3. is 1,887th most common Denny
  4. is 1,888th most common Fett
  5. is 1,889th most common Gale
  6. is 1,890th most common Hagedorn
  7. is 1,891st most common Hershberger
  8. is 1,892nd most common Hester
  9. is 1,893rd most common Hopper

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gale

David, James, Amy, Diana, Donald, Earl, Jacqueline, Karen, Lisa, Rebecca

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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