Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Gayle
/GAYL/
Meaning
“Father's joy”
Variant of Gail, itself a short form of Abigail from Hebrew 'avigayil' meaning father's joy; the spelling Gayle was popularized in mid-20th century America.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
strongwarm
How it ages.
Firmly planted in the 1950s and 1960s; a retro name without current revival momentum.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US and UK through the 1950s-1970s; rarely given to newborns today.