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Gayle.

A female given name, a fanciful spelling of Gail, shortened form of Abigail.

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name/ɡeɪl/
  1. A female given name, a fanciful spelling of Gail, shortened form of Abigail.

  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

    archaic
  3. A surname.

  4. A South African argot (jargon) used in South African gay and same-sex communities, primarily by Indo-European based speakers.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.