Gaies

surname · Latin script

Meaning: feminine plural of gai

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Gaies is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 2.1M(measured from records)
  • BEBelgium1 in 12M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Switzerland (measured from records)

4 people, 2024

Sources
38 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.1M (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

feminine plural of gai

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gaies counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gaies is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CH Switzerland41 in 2.1M4——
BE Belgium11 in 12M1——
FR France——3Gaies38
US United States——listed—3

4 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gaies is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina

    Also written Gaïes

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gaïes

15 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Gaies
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19717—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19217—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19416—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20244#118,617
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19614—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19913—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19812—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19112—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)18912—
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20081#197,973
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19511—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19311—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gaies mean, and where does it come from?
feminine plural of gai Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Gaies have the most bearers?
In Switzerland, the national register counted about 4 people named Gaies, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Gaies most common?
Gaies is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.1 million people carrying it.
How common is the name Gaies?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 4 people named Gaies in 2024, about 1 in 2.1 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gaies”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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