Name: Gay
Gender: Female
Usage: Gay is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Gay are in general originating from France, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Gay is: Happy, Merry.
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Numerology of the first name Gay: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Gay is ranked on the 3,258th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 107000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Gay has three characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Gay for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Gay (Gaye) is a female or male given name (795th ("Gay") and 1295th ("Gaye") most common female name in the United States, according to the 1990 U.S. census.)
It can also be used as a short form of the female names Gaynell and Gaynor and as a short form of the male names Gaylen and Gaylord.
The writer Gay Talese's name is derived from Gaetano, his grandfather's name.
The first name of the popular male Irish television presenter Gabriel Byrne was always abbreviated as "Gay", as in the title of his radio show The Gay Byrne Show.
1 (f., m.) English: from the vocabulary word meaning ‘blithe, cheerful’ (from Old French, of Germanic origin), chosen as a given name because of its well-omened meaning (cf. Happy and Merry).
2 (m.) Irish: pet form of Gabriel.
Variants (of 1): Gaye, Gae f.
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