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Gale

in Rhode Island

There are 46 people with the last name "Gale" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Gale 3,083
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  1. is 3,079th most common Fazio
  2. is 3,080th most common Feinstein
  3. is 3,081st most common Feole
  4. is 3,082nd most common Ferrell
  5. is 3,083rd most common Gale
  6. is 3,084th most common Galvao
  7. is 3,085th most common Gamba
  8. is 3,086th most common Gobin
  9. is 3,087th most common Golding

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gale

Charles, Bethany, Mary, Stanley, Susan, Antoinette, Barbara, Barry, Bernard, Brian

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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