Across the world, גייל (Gail 
, Gael , Gale 
) is a widespread mostly female, but infrequently masculine forename. The first name גייל is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a common primarily female, but scarcely masculine name, U.S. Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common female name, and Barbados (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the United States, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United Kingdom. Very seldom, גייל is the last name as well as the forename.
גייל is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gale Hawthorne , the fictional character from The Hunger Games; Gail , character in Sin City; Gale Weathers , the fictional character in the Screen film series, Scream; Gail Leery , the fictional character from the television series Dawson's Creek and Gale Gibson , the fictional character from That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, and in many other works.