Gender:
Origin:
English,
Gaelic
194 famous people named Gale found on Wikipedia.
19892 female, 12375 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
16652-th in year 2017
Best ranking:
245-th in year 1957
Used in: English
Gale is a given name. It has seen masculine and feminine use consecutively in the United States. Gale as a man's name is from an English surname, ultimately from Middle English gaile "jovial". As a woman's name, it is a short form of the biblical name Abigail. It can also be used as a form of the name Galen, a name derived from that of the ancient Greek physician, meaning "tranquil."
It was almost exclusively a masculine name before 1935; in the later 1930s, it became a popular variant of the feminine name Abigail. Feminine usage surpassed masculine usage in 1940, leading to a further decline in masculine usage, and Gale was predominantly a feminine name when it peaked in popularity in the later 1950s. Its popularity decreased rapidly in the 1960s, falling below rank 1,000 in 1971. In the 1990 census, it was ranked 4,209.
"strong wind," especially at sea, 1540s, from gaile "wind," origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse gol "breeze," or Old Danish gal "bad, furious" (often used of weather), which are related to Old Norse galinn "furious, mad, frantic; enchanted, bewitched," from gala "to sing, chant," the wind so called from its raging or on the notion of being raised by spells (but OED finds reason to doubt this). Or perhaps it is named for the sound, from Old English galan "to sing," or giellan "to yell." The Old Norse and Old English words all are from the source of yell (v.). In nautical use, between a stiff breeze and a storm; in technical meteorological use, a wind between 32 and 63 miles per hour.
Foreigner, cheerful, happy.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Gale Sayers | 1943 | All-American college football player, professional football player, running back, College Football Hall of Fame, Pro Football Hall of Fame |
2 | Gale Anne Hurd | 1955 | American film producer and screenwriter |
3 | Megan Gale | 1975 | Australian model |
4 | Gale Harold | 1969 | Actor |
5 | Dorothy Gale | Fictional protagonist of many of the Oz novels by the American author L. Frank Baum | |
6 | Gale Gordon | 1906 | Actor |
7 | Gale Hawthorne | Fictional character from The Hunger Games | |
8 | Gale Storm | 1922 | American actress, singer |
9 | Kelly Gale | 1995 | |
10 | Gale Sondergaard | 1899 | American actress |
11 | Gale Benson | 1944 | British model |
12 | Gale Hansen | 1960 | American actor |
13 | Jennifer Gale | 1960 | American politician |
14 | Elan Gale | 1983 | |
15 | Gale Garnett | 1942 | Canadian singer |
16 | Gale Weathers | Scream character | |
17 | Tony Gale | 1959 | Football player |
18 | Eric Gale | 1938 | American guitarist |
19 | Gale Norton | 1954 | United States Secretaries of the Interior |
20 | Gale Brewer | 1951 | American politician |
21 | Mariah Gale | 1980 | British actress |
22 | Cathy Gale | 1930 | |
23 | Gale Gilbert | 1961 | American football player |
24 | Lorena Gale | 1958 | Actress |
25 | Philip Gale | 1978 | American software developer |
26 | Luke Gale | 1988 | British rugby league player |
27 | Gale Robbins | 1921 | American actress |
28 | David Gale | 1936 | British actor |
29 | Vincent Gale | 1968 | Actor |
30 | Patrick Gale | 1962 | British novelist |
31 | Andrew Gale | 1983 | English cricketer |
32 | June Gale | 1911 | |
33 | Nathan Gale | 1979 | |
34 | Gale Agbossoumonde | 1991 | Association football player |
35 | Gale Page | 1913 | Actress |
36 | Eddra Gale | 1921 | American actress |
37 | Mitchell Gale | 1990 | American football player |
38 | Mildred Gale | 1671 | Grandmother of George Washington |
39 | Melvyn Gale | 1952 | British musician |
40 | Richard Nelson Gale | 1896 | British soldier |
41 | Zona Gale | 1874 | American author and playwright |
42 | Gale Gand | 1956 | American chef |
43 | Gale Gillingham | 1944 | Player of American football |
44 | Gale Catlett | 1940 | American basketball player-coach |
45 | Jean Gale | 1912 | Vaudeville performer |
46 | Brendon Gale | 1968 | Australian rules footballer |
47 | Gale W. McGee | 1915 | American politician |
48 | Gale Banks | 1942 | American automotive engineer |
49 | Robert Peter Gale | 1945 | American medical researcher |
50 | Joseph Gale | 1807 | American pioneer |
51 | La Gale | 1984 | |
52 | Cale Gale | 1985 | American racing driver and crew chief |
53 | Porter Gale | Author, public speaker | |
54 | Gale Edwards | 1954 | Australian theatre director |
55 | Iain Gale | 1959 | Author |
56 | Gale Pollock | Nurse, US Army general | |
57 | Eddie Gale | 1941 | American musician |
58 | Gale Henry | 1893 | American actress |
59 | Lauren Gale | 1917 | American basketball player |
60 | John A. Gale | 1940 | American politician |
61 | Mike Gale | 1950 | American basketball player |
62 | Gale Tattersall | 1948 | British-born filmmaker and cinematographer |
63 | Rocky Gale | 1988 | Professional baseball player |
64 | Ann Gale | 1966 | American artist |
65 | Rich Gale | 1954 | American baseball player and coach |
66 | George Washington Gale | 1789 | American academic founder |
67 | Gale Sherwood | 1929 | Canadian actress and singer |
68 | Michael Gale | 1966 | Australian rules footballer |
69 | Ed Gale | 1963 | American actor |
70 | James Scarth Gale | 1863 | Canadian missionary |
71 | Rob Gale | 1977 | English footballer |
72 | Hannah Gale | 1876 | Canadian politician |
73 | Kate Gale | 1965 | American writer |
74 | William G. Gale | American economist | |
75 | Gladys Gale | 1891 | American singer, vaudeville and actor |
76 | Maura Gale | American actress | |
77 | Shaun Gale | 1969 | Footballer; football manager |
78 | Gale E. Klappa | American businessman | |
79 | Leo de Gale | 1921 | Governor-General of Grenada |
80 | Mark Gale | 1976 | Australian footballer |
81 | Tristan Gale | 1980 | Skeleton racer |
82 | Gale D. Candaras | 1949 | Massachusetts State Senator |
83 | Gale Wilhelm | 1908 | American writer |
84 | Gale Schisler | 1933 | American politician |
85 | Alan Gale | 1930 | Australian rules footballer |
86 | Humfrey Gale | 1890 | British Army general |
87 | Walter Frederick Gale | 1865 | Australian astronomer and banker |
88 | Roger Gale | 1672 | Member of Parliament; Antiquary |
89 | Scott Gale | 1994 | American composer |
90 | Anita Gale, Baroness Gale | 1940 | British Baroness |
91 | Grant O. Gale | 1903 | American physicist |
92 | Fay Gale | 1932 | Australian geographer |
93 | Gale H. Stalker | 1889 | American politician |
94 | Gale Rigobert | Saint Lucian politician | |
95 | Leonard Gale | ||
96 | Gale Thomson | 1919 | First Lady of New Hampshire |
97 | Richard Pillsbury Gale | 1900 | American politician |
98 | Gale Cincotta | 1929 | American activist |
99 | Joseph H. Gale | 1953 | American judge |
100 | Gale Rossides | Director of the Transport Safety Administration | |
101 | Michael J Gale | 1962 | Businessperson |
102 | George Alexander Gale | 1906 | Canadian judge |
103 | Gale Pedrick | 1906 | Author, journalist, scriptwriter, and broadcaster |
104 | Theophilus Gale | 1628 | British theologian |
105 | Don Gale | Australian rules footballer | |
106 | Gale Bishop | 1922 | American basketball player |
107 | Gale Wade | 1929 | American baseball player |
108 | Matthew Gale | 1983 | Australian cricketer |
109 | Edward Gale | 1818 | English cricketer |
110 | Gale Fulton Ross | 1947 | American artist |
111 | Norman Gale | 1939 | Welsh rugby union player |
112 | Peggy Gale | ||
113 | Bob Gale | 1933 | English cricketer |
114 | Alice Gale | 1858 | American actress |
115 | Christopher Gale | 1670 | American lawyer |
116 | Gale B. Aydelott | 1914 | American businessman |
117 | Gregory Gale | American costume designer | |
118 | Gale Bruno van Albada | 1912 | Dutch astronomer |
119 | Anthony Gale | 1993 | Ice sledge hockey |
120 | Aaron Gale | 1970 | New Zealand cricketer |
121 | Stephen Gale | 1952 | Cricketer |
122 | Rachel Elizabeth Baker Gale | 1858 | Playwright |
123 | Gale McArthur | American basketball player | |
124 | Dunstan Gale | English poet | |
125 | Gale Katchur | Canadian politician | |
126 | Gale Dixon | 1946 | American actress |
127 | Leslie Gale | 1904 | English cricketer |
128 | Colin Gale | 1932 | Welsh footballer |
129 | Dan Gale | 1989 | Cricketer |
130 | Gale Sears | American author specializing in historical fiction | |
131 | Doug Gale | Internet developer | |
132 | Thomas Gale | 1507 | British surgeon |
133 | Len Gale | 1897 | Australian rules footballer |
134 | Audrey Ngaere Gale | 1909 | Lawyer, local politician, community leader |
135 | Gale Sieveking | 1925 | British archaeologist |
136 | Gerad Hamar Gale | 1311 | Sultan of Warsangeli |
137 | Michael Denis Gale | 1943 | |
138 | Samuel Gale | 1682 | British antiquarian |
139 | Gale Staley | 1899 | American baseball player |
140 | A. J. Gale | 1987 | Canadian ice hockey player |
141 | Richard Gale | 1834 | Australian farmer and politician |
142 | Miles Gale | 1647 | English antiquarian |
143 | Tommy Gale | 1920 | Professional footballer |
144 | Sunny Gale | 1927 | |
145 | Jonny Gale | 1994 | |
146 | Levin Gale | 1784 | American politician |
147 | Parnell Gale | Irish mayor | |
148 | James Gale | 1986 | |
149 | Jack Gale | 1899 | Australian rules footballer |
150 | Robert Henry Otley Gale | 1878 | Canadian mayor |
151 | Becher Gale | 1887 | Canadian rower |
152 | Daniel De Gale | ||
153 | Charles Frederick Gale | 1860 | |
154 | Marc van Gale | 1986 | German disc jockey |
155 | Ernest Gale | 1914 | British microbiologist |
156 | Oliver M. Gale | 1910 | American government official |
157 | Gale Owen-Crocker | Emeritus professor of Anglo-Saxon literature | |
158 | Walter Gale | ||
159 | Emilie Gale | 1981 | Dutch speed skater |
160 | Gale Hania | Potestaat of Friesland | |
161 | Nikita Gale | 1983 | |
162 | George Gale | ||
163 | Henry Gale | 1836 | English cricketer |
164 | William Kendall Gale | British missionary | |
165 | Laurence George Gale | 1905 | |
166 | John W. Gale | American politician | |
167 | Tone Gale | 1944 | Ice hockey player |
168 | Dave Gale | Paralympic athlete of Great Britain | |
169 | Gale Hess | 1955 | American musician |
170 | Frederick Gale | 1823 | English writer on cricket |
171 | Guy Gale | ||
172 | Tom Gale | 1912 | |
173 | George Albert Gale | 1893 | American painter |
174 | Miha Gale | 1977 | |
175 | Janet Gale | ||
176 | William Gale | 1823 | British painter (1823-1909) |
177 | Charles Gale | American screenwriter | |
178 | Gale Fitzgerald | 1951 | American pentathlete and hurdler |
179 | Ana Gale | 1909 | |
180 | Alexander Gale | 1892 | New Zealand cricketer |
181 | Terry Gale | 1938 | Australian sprinter |
182 | Sherry Gale | 1957 | |
183 | John Gale | 1925 | British journalist |
184 | Gale Hamkes | ||
185 | Jakob Gale | 1953 | |
186 | Robert Gale | 1925 | American basketball player |
187 | Sadie Gale | 1902 | |
188 | Jože Gale | 1913 | |
189 | Gale Huntington | ||
190 | Gale S. McLaughlin | ||
191 | Gale Laverne Spears | 1923 | |
192 | Humfrey Myddelton Gale | 1890 | |
193 | Walter A. Gale | 1855 | |
194 | Maurice Anthony Gale |