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Gael
Pronounced /ɡeɪ̯l/
Rank in 2024
#89
Born in 2024
3,855
Peak year
2024 · #89
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 3,855 boys were named Gael, about 1 in every 445.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It first shows up in the records in 1919.
- 45,199 boys have been named Gael since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Gael per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.4Gen Z1997–12
- 1.6Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 15 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 23 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 38 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 68 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 11,071 babies, 0.35 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 33,984 babies, 1.56 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Irish Gael, alt. Gaol, from earlier Gaoidheal, cognate with Scottish Gaelic Gàidheal and Manx Gael, from Middle Irish Gaídel, from Old Irish Goídel (“Irishman”), a loanword from Old Welsh Guoidel (“wild man, warrior”) (also recorded as a personal name in the Book of Llandaff), from Proto-Brythonic *Guɨðel (“savage, woodsman”), from Proto-Celtic *weidelos (“savage, woodsman”), related to *weidus (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”) (cf. Old English wāþ (“hunt”)). Doublet of Goidel. False cognate of English Gaul, Gallia.
- A male given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ɡeɪ̯l/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Gael, CC BY-SA 4.0.