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Name GAY

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 16,165 births of Gay in the countries below, which represents an average of 114 births of children bearing the first name Gay per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Gay   
In Italiano Nome Gay   
Variations : Gae , Gai , Gaye


Information about the first name Gay
The first name Gay has been assigned to:
0.93% to boys
99.07% to girls
The country where the first name Gay is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 3 letters including 2 vowels and 1 consonant
Gay in Japanese *
Romajigei
Katakanaゲー
Hiraganaげー
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Gay in Japanese
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Gay in binary language
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Origin and meaning of name Gay
US English
Etymology src :
  • From Pitman kay, which it is derived from graphically, and the sound it represents. The traditional name gee was considered inappropriate, as the Pitman letter never has the sound of that name.
Etymology (Adverb) src :
  • gay
  • (Scotland, Northern England) Considerably, very.
  • 1892-3, Mrs. Humphry Ward, The History of David Grieve, volume I, page 19:
  • She'll mak naw moor mischeef neets—she's gay quiet now!
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • gay (third-person singular simple present gays, present participle gaying, simple past and past participle gayed)
  • (transitive, dated, uncommon) To make happy or cheerful. [since at least the 1920s]
  • (transitive, uncommon) To cause (something, e.g. AIDS) to be associated with homosexual people. [popularized in the 1990s]
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • gay (plural gays)
  • The letter —, which stands for the sound /ɡ/, in Pitman shorthand.
Anagrams src :
  • YAG
Pronunciation src :
  • enPR: gā, IPA(key): /ɡeɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
Pronunciation src :
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • Fort Gay
Middle English
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Old French gai.
Adjective src :
  • gay
  • joyous, merry
  • 1405 Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Canterbury Tales (source):
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ɡɛi̯/
Adjective (Descendants) src :
  • English: gay
  • Yola: gaaye, gaay, gay, gai
FR French
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from English gay. Doublet of gai.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ɡɛ/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ɡe/
  • Homophones: gai, gaie, gaies, gais, gays, guet, guets
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
General
Adverb src :
  • gay
  • fairly, considerably
Noun src :
  • gay m or f by sense (plural gays)
  • gay; homosexual (person attracted to others of the same sex), especially a male homosexual
  • Synonyms: homossexual, (slang, derogatory) bicha, (Brazil, slang, derogatory) veado
  • (slang, derogatory) a person who lame, stupid or shows any other unpleasant characteristics
Proper noun src :
  • Gay
  • An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
  • A female given name from English from the word gay, "joyful"; rare today.
  • A male given name from English. Also a shortened form of Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname.
ES Spanish
Adjective src :
  • gay m or f (masculine and feminine plural gays or gais)
  • gay, homosexual
Noun src :
  • gay m or f by sense (plural gays or gais)
  • a homosexual person, gay person
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡei/ [ˈɡei̯]
  • Rhymes: -ei
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡai/ [ˈɡai̯]
  • Rhymes: -ai
  • Syllabification: gay
Noun (Usage notes) src :
  • The Real Academia Española recommends the plural form gais for both the adjective and the noun, but gays is much more common.
ID Indonesian
Etymology src :
  • From English gay, from Middle English gay, from Old French gai (“joyful, laughing, merry”), usually thought to be a borrowing of Old Occitan gai (“impetuous, lively”), from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”), merging with earlier Old French jai (“"merry"”), from Frankish *gāhi, both from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz (“sudden”). This is possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to stride, step”), from *ǵʰēy- (“to go”).
Noun src :
  • gay (first-person possessive gayku, second-person possessive gaymu, third-person possessive gaynya)
  • gay: homosexual: being between two or more men.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡay/
  • Hyphenation: gay
Middle Dutch
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Old French gai.
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Old Northern French gai, from Late Latin gaius, from the Roman name Latin Gaius. Also see Spanish gaya and urraca.
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • gay
  • cheerful, happy
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • gay m
  • jay
  • parrot
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ɣaːi/
Interlingua
Adjective src :
  • gay (comparative plus gay, superlative le plus gay)
  • (LGBT, sexuality) gay
Noun src :
  • gay (plural gays)
  • gay
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ɡeɪ/
Noun (Synonyms) src :
  • homine gay
  • persona gay
Middle French
Etymology src :
  • Variant of Old French gai, borrowed from Old Occitan gai, possibly of Germanic origin, or from Latin vagus.
Adjective src :
  • gay m (feminine singular gaye, masculine plural gays, feminine plural gayes)
  • cheerful; happy; gay
Adjective (Descendants) src :
PT Portuguese
Etymology src :
  • Unadapted borrowing from English gay. Doublet of gaio.
Adjective src :
  • gay m or f (plural gays)
  • gay
  • homosexual (involving or relating to same-sex relationships, especially between males)
  • Synonyms: homossexual, (slang, derogatory) bicha, (Brazil, slang, derogatory) veado
  • (figuratively, slang) overly sentimental
  • (figuratively, slang) effeminate or flamboyant
Alternative forms src :
  • guei (adapted spelling)
Pronunciation src :
  • Homophone: guei
Adjective (Derived terms) src :
  • kit gay
Vietnamese
Adjective src :
  • gay • (咳, 垓, 荄)
  • difficult; hard
Pronunciation src :
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣaj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣaj˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɣa(ː)j˧˧]
SE Swedish
Adjective src :
  • gay (comparative mer gay, superlative mest gay)
  • (only used predicatively) gay, homosexual
  • Synonyms: homosexuell, (male, possibly offensive) bög, lesbisk, (female, possibly offensive) lebb, (female, possibly offensive) flata
RO Romanian
Adjective src :
  • gay m or f or n (indeclinable)
  • gay
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ɡej]
IT Italian
Etymology src :
  • Unadapted borrowing from English gay.
Adjective src :
  • gay (invariable)
  • gay
Noun src :
  • gay m or f by sense
  • gay
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛj/, /ˈɡej/
  • Rhymes: -ɛj, -ej
FI Finnish
Etymology src :
  • From English gay.
Noun src :
  • gay
  • (colloquial) gay
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡei̯/, [ˈɡe̞i̯]
Noun (Synonyms) src :
  • homo
Noun (Usage notes) src :
  • Seldom inflected, as this term does not readily fit into Finnish inflection patterns. Instead, corresponding forms of synonymous expressions or compounds such as gay-mies (“gay man”) or gay-poika (“gay boy”) are used.
DE German
Adjective src :
  • gay (strong nominative masculine singular gayer, not comparable)
  • gay
  • Synonym: schwul
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ɡɛɪ̯]
CZ Czech
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from English gay.
Noun src :
  • gay m anim
  • gay male
  • Synonyms: (vulgar) bukvice, buzík, buzerant, buzna, homokláda; (colloquial, derogatory) homouš, teplouš; (mostly neutral) homosexuál
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɛj]
  • Hyphenation: gay
 

Popularity of the name Gay
Number of GAY births per year
Popularity of the name Gay
Popularity of the name Gay
Total births of Gay by country
Births with the first name Gay
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
151
15,152
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
0
468
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
0
251
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
0
63
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
0
62
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
0
10
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
7
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
0
1
Popularity of the name Gay
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Personalities with the first name GayThere are 7 personalities with the first name Gay

Marcia Gay Harden src

United states of america
Actor Stage actor Television actor Film actor

Gay Talese src

United states of america
Writer University teacher Journalist

Karen Silkwood src

United states of america
Chemist Activist Trade unionist

Mary Scanlon src

United states of america
Lawyer Politician

Gay Byrne src

Republic of ireland
Presenter

Gay Brewer src

United states of america
Golfer

Gay Hamilton src

United kingdom
Actor


Film Actors and Actresses with the first name GayThere are 117 actors and actresses with the first name Gay
Gay Renee
Gay Thomas Wilson
Gay Austin
Gay Hagen
Gay Wilde
Gay Rowan
Gay Emma
Gay Goodwin
Gay Singleton
Gay Soper
Gay Hamilton
Gay Autterson
Gay Gordon
Gay Ellen Dakin
Gay Byrne
Gay Cameron
Gay Talese
Gay Mclendon
Gay Parkes
Gay Waters
Gay Seabrook
Gay Sheridan
Gay Nelson
Gay Guldstrand
Gay Claitman
Gay Christie
Gay Mceldowney
Gay Macgill
Gay Lawley-Wakelin
Gay Lambert

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Gay
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Rankings of first name GAY by country
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Other boys' names around Gay
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Other girls' names around Gay
GAVVYGAVYGAVYAGAVYNGAVYNNGAWENGAWIYAGAWONGAWREGAWSHI GAY GAYAGAYALGAYAMINIGAYANAGAYANAHGAYANEGAYANÉGAYANEEGAYANEHGAYANTHI

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