Name
Gale
Meaning
Gale is a unisex name of English origin meaning “a strong wind”.
Gale reads today as the word for a near-storm wind, though as a midcentury given name it usually abbreviated Abigail for women or carried on an English surname meaning cheerful for men. The Hunger Games' Gale Hawthorne renewed its masculine side for a new generation.
Peaked for American girls in the 1950s; now uncommon for either sex.
At a glance
- Origin
- English
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronounced
- /GAYL/
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Questions
Gale is a unisex name of English origin meaning “a strong wind”. Gale reads today as the word for a near-storm wind, though as a midcentury given name it usually abbreviated Abigail for women or carried on an English surname meaning cheerful for men.
Gale is a unisex name, used for both boys and girls. Peaked for American girls in the 1950s; now uncommon for either sex.
The name Gale comes from English. Gale reads today as the word for a near-storm wind, though as a midcentury given name it usually abbreviated Abigail for women or carried on an English surname meaning cheerful for men. The Hunger Games' Gale Hawthorne renewed its masculine side for a new generation.
Gale is pronounced GAYL.
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