Gei

• Spanish:/ɡei/○(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Gei is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Spanish32%

  Humorous spelling of gay

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English23%

  Alternative form of gi (“martial arts uniform”).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• German15%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Gei in German.

• French5.0%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Gei in French.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Gei is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• German surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Poland, United States, Italy

  Also written Geĭ, Geï

• French surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Italy

  Also written Geî, Geï, Gèi

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Geĭ

38 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.

Gei 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 mqs, alternative form of gai (“dead”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Luxembourgish, second-person singular imperative of geien

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Chinese, nonstandard spelling of gěi

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of げい

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

• Konstantin Geyb. 1896RUnot in their usual nameSoviet politician (1896–1939)
• Renato Geib. 1921ITItalian association football player (1921-1999)
• Viktor Heyb. 1996UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian association football player (born 1996)

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).

14 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 9 countries.

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

Where does the name Gei come from?

Alternative form of gi (“martial arts uniform”). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Gei?

In Spanish /ɡei/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

What does the name Gei mean?

In Spanish, Humorous spelling of gay

Which countries have the most people with the surname Gei?

Mondonomo estimates about 221 people named Gei in Germany, more than in any other country we hold. After it come Argentina, United States, Brazil and Chile; the country table on this page ranks them.

How common is the name Gei?

In Argentina, the national register counted 74 people named Gei, about 1 in 615 thousand residents.