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Gale

in New Hampshire

There are 105 people with the last name "Gale" in New Hampshire.

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Ranking in New Hampshire

NameRank
Gale 1,665
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  1. is 1,661st most common Bower
  2. is 1,662nd most common Butterfield
  3. is 1,663rd most common Dale
  4. is 1,664th most common Ewing
  5. is 1,665th most common Gale
  6. is 1,666th most common Goldstein
  7. is 1,667th most common Joyal
  8. is 1,668th most common Kennett
  9. is 1,669th most common Mcdaniel

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gale

Robert, John, James, Karen, Wendy, Carol, Christopher, Clare, Eleanor, Eric

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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