Gale

in Nevada

There are 112 people with the last name "Gale" in Nevada.

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Ranking in Nevada

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Gale 2,005
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  1. is 2,001st most common Cahill
  2. is 2,002nd most common Canfield
  3. is 2,003rd most common Del
  4. is 2,004th most common Forrest
  5. is 2,005th most common Gale
  6. is 2,006th most common Gore
  7. is 2,007th most common Hedges
  8. is 2,008th most common Herndon
  9. is 2,009th most common Kruger

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gale

Bruce, Joseph, Mary, Steven, Barbara, Betty, Brett, Brian, Cindy, Clifford



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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