Gayle (given name)

Gayle
Gender	Unisex
Language(s)	Hebrew; Anglo-Saxon
Origin
Meaning	Happy God; Father in rejoicing; a father's joy
Other names
Variant form(s)	Gail; Gale
Derived	Abigail

Gayle (/ˈɡeɪl/ GAYL) is a variant spelling of Gail, a short form of the name Abigail.^[1]

Abigail is a feminine English name with Hebrew origins, meaning "my father is joy." In the Old Testament Abigail was King David's third wife, described as 'good in discretion and beautiful in form'.^[2] The name is used in modern English and was a popular baby's name during the 1950s and 1960s.^[1]

Gayle may occasionally be used as a masculine name.

People with the given name Gayle

Taylor Gayle Rutherford (known mononymously as GAYLE) (born 2004), American pop rock singer
Gayle Benson (born 1947), American businesswoman
Gayle King (born 1954), American television personality and journalist
Gayle McCormick (1948–2016), American singer, member of the band Smith
Gayle Rankin, Scottish actress
Gayle Rubin (born 1949), American anthropologist and activist
Gayle Ruzicka, American politician and activist

Fictional characters

Gayle Gossip, a character in Ninjago

References

^ ^a ^b ^c A Dictionary of First Names, Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges, Oxford University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-19-211651-7.
^ King James Bible.

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[DoFN-1] A Dictionary of First Names, Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges, Oxford University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-19-211651-7.

[2] King James Bible.

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