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A question on these names.
One, i found several sources that say Gail is old english for 'gay', or 'gaiety', which seems highly likely. So anyone else know anything about this?
As well the site states Gail can be a variation of Gale, but not vica versa, when it often is.
One more thing, Gael, can be a variation of Gayle (which is just a variation of Gale or Gail), Gail, or Gale, but can also be given as a name in reference to the Gaels, that is to say the Scottish/Gaelic backround.
Thanks
~SD
One, i found several sources that say Gail is old english for 'gay', or 'gaiety', which seems highly likely. So anyone else know anything about this?
As well the site states Gail can be a variation of Gale, but not vica versa, when it often is.
One more thing, Gael, can be a variation of Gayle (which is just a variation of Gale or Gail), Gail, or Gale, but can also be given as a name in reference to the Gaels, that is to say the Scottish/Gaelic backround.
Thanks
~SD
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They all look like nickname forms of Abigail to me, sometimes with a little weather mixed in, sometimes with fanci spellings.
Gay is Germanic all right - you can always bet on Satu the Great - but it came into English through Norman French and it wouldn't have been used as a given name for centuries. No idea when Abigail was first used as a given name in English, though.
Gay is Germanic all right - you can always bet on Satu the Great - but it came into English through Norman French and it wouldn't have been used as a given name for centuries. No idea when Abigail was first used as a given name in English, though.
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