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Gale

in New Jersey

There are 421 people with the last name "Gale" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

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Gale 1,797
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  1. is 1,793rd most common Woo
  2. is 1,794th most common York
  3. is 1,795th most common Calle
  4. is 1,796th most common Dudley
  5. is 1,797th most common Gale
  6. is 1,798th most common Meier
  7. is 1,799th most common Ocampo
  8. is 1,800th most common Reiss
  9. is 1,801st most common Tighe

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gale

John, Robert, Michael, Patricia, James, William, Marie, Nancy, Anne, Elizabeth

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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