Gaile

given name · Latin script

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

/ˈɡeɪɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gaile is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 337K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 418K
  • LTLithuania≈1 in 22K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

796 people, 2020

Sources
205 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)

Lithuania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gaile 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 Gaile is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States7961 in 418K757Gaile205
PH Philippines≈320 est.≈1 in 337K—Gaile45
GB United Kingdom≈270 est.≈1 in 243K—Gaile54
CA Canada≈160 est.≈1 in 238K—Gaile32
IT Italy≈150 est.≈1 in 418K—Gaile2
AU Australia≈130 est.≈1 in 190K1Gaile48
LT Lithuania≈120 est.≈1 in 22Klisted—2
NZ New Zealand≈30 est.≈1 in 165K—Gaile17
EE Estonia≈10 est.≈1 in 117K6—3

796 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; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); the lt-vlkk-vardai 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)

Gaile is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Mexico, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gäilë, Gailė

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Gailė, Gaĭle

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States

    Also written Ğaile

  • Lithuanian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Lithuania, United States, Latvia, United Kingdom

    Languages: Lithuanian, Latvian

    Also written Gailė, Gailè

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom

    Also written Gaïlé, Gaíle, Gailė

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Gailė

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Italy

    Also written Gailė

41 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gaile 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 Irish, Ulster form of goile (“stomach; appetite”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In enm, alternative form of gayole

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Basque, " Gaille, alegre, festivo" A (que cita a Ast) . v. 2 gai .

    as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

  • In Latvian, Sārts (parasti kvēlojošu ogļu) mirdzums, spīdums

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Karl Gaile, b. 1905Lidija Gaile, b. 1922Marla English, b. 1935Jochen Gaile, b. 1943Zaiga Gaile, b. 1951Rena Gaile, b. 1958Iluta Gaile, b. 1968Inga Gaile, b. 1976Ieva Gaile, b. 1997Jeri Gaile, b. 2000

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Gaile,

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 21 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Gaile
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020757#14,716
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194649—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202039#14,716
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)195138—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)195038—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194738—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)195635—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194534—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194932—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)195430—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)195330—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)195229—

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

How do you pronounce Gaile?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɡeɪɫ/ (IPA) for English.
Is Gaile a male or female name?
Gaile is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Gaile have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 796 people named Gaile, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gaile.
How common is the name Gaile?
In the United States, the national register counted 796 people named Gaile in 2020, about 1 in 418 thousand 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, “Gaile”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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