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Gale

in Michigan

There are 781 people with the last name "Gale" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

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Gale 1,135
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  1. is 1,131st most common Houghton
  2. is 1,132nd most common Weir
  3. is 1,133rd most common Wenzel
  4. is 1,134th most common Earl
  5. is 1,135th most common Gale
  6. is 1,136th most common Hebert
  7. is 1,137th most common Knoll
  8. is 1,138th most common Maloney
  9. is 1,139th most common Gary

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gale

Robert, James, William, Michael, Richard, Charles, Patricia, Karen, Dennis, Nancy

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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