Gaelle
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.
Gaelle by the numbers
Gaelle was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Gaelle
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gaelle. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Gazellegraceful antelope; swift and elegant animal5 in the US (2017)
- Gisellepledge or hostage1,170 in the US (2017)
- Gizellegazelle; a form of Giselle78 in the US (2017)
- Gianellegod is gracious; a feminine form of Giovanni13 in the US (2017)
- Gamblea former occupational or place name6 in the US (2017)
- Gable12 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Gaelle
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