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Gale

in Texas

There are 568 people with the last name "Gale" in Texas.

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Ranking in Texas

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Gale 3,734
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  1. is 3,730th most common Lambright
  2. is 3,731st most common Millsap
  3. is 3,732nd most common Tirado
  4. is 3,733rd most common Alcorta
  5. is 3,734th most common Gale
  6. is 3,735th most common Hardaway
  7. is 3,736th most common Holbert
  8. is 3,737th most common Kidwell
  9. is 3,738th most common Kroll

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gale

James, Michael, Charles, John, Mary, Robert, David, Jason, Bruce

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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