Gaila
given name · Latin script
Meaning: —žr. Gailius, Gailis
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɡeɪɫə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gaila is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 1.1Kas Gail(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 1.1Kas Gail
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 1.1Kas Gail
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Gaila itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #460 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 553 (measured from records)
- 1 in 676 (inferred from the name graph)
165,125 named Gail, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Slovenia, as Gal
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Gail in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 3 more and Gael in BR Brazil.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
—žr. Gailius, Gailis
Sources 1
- Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gaila 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #223 | 165,125as Gail | 1 in 2K | 162K | Gail | 553 |
| BR Brazil | — | 110,946as Gael | 1 in 1.9K | 111K | Gael | 56 |
| GB United Kingdom | #205 | ≈59,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 3 | Gail | 257 |
| CA Canada | #198 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | 3 | Gail | 241 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.7K | — | Gail | 18 |
| IE Ireland | #148 | ≈4,600 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Gail | 62 |
| NZ New Zealand | #176 | ≈4,300 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 15 | Gail | 110 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 3,109as Gal | 1 in 676 | 3.2K | — | 15 |
165,125 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Gaila is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Basque, ( -aill- R ap. A ). "Herradura de caballo. Mandoa gailla batekin dago, bestea erori zau (R)" A .
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
In Basque, ( -aill- V-ger-arr-och ap. A ). "Desvirtuado, soso, zonzo" A . v. 2 gaileta, 1 gailu, gailuzki.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
In Lithuanian, *GAILAVIČIUS Klp (of. Gailawitz); -ovičius Klp 11 (of. Gailowitz) (12) — žr. Gailėvičius.
as a wordVanagas, Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
In Basque, " Galla (S), guija (Lacombe)" DRA . Cf. kailao.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 9 countries.
Reference works 3
- Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gaila mean, and where does it come from?
- —žr. Gailius, Gailis Recorded by Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames).
- What are other forms of the name Gaila?
- In the etymology graph, Abigail, Gael and Gayla are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Gail and Gayle.
- How do you pronounce Gaila?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡeɪɫə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Gaila a male or female name?
- Gaila is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Gaila have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 165 thousand people named Gail, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Gaila most common?
- No national register we hold counts the spelling Gaila itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Slovenia's: the national register counts about 1 in 676 people named Gal.
- How common is the name Gaila?
- In the United States, the national register counted 165,125 people named Gail in 2020, about 1 in 2.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Gaila compared with other names?
- In the United States, Gaila is the 223rd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Gaila?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gailaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Gaila” — the 223rd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.