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Gale

in Maine

There are 101 people with the last name "Gale" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

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Gale 1,933
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  1. is 1,929th most common Boissonneault
  2. is 1,930th most common Crooker
  3. is 1,931st most common Dyke
  4. is 1,932nd most common Fullerton
  5. is 1,933rd most common Gale
  6. is 1,934th most common Girardin
  7. is 1,935th most common Grivois
  8. is 1,936th most common Ketch
  9. is 1,937th most common Pope

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gale

James, Michael, Richard, Abikar, Deborah, Debra, Denis, Edward, Gary

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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