Gaye

A girls’ name of Old French origin, meaning cheerful; a spelling variant of Gay.

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among names in use
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outside the top 1000
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outside the ONS list

Gaye by the numbers

Its American peak was 268 babies in 1960, making it a 1960s name.

Other names that come from Gay

Like Gaye, each of these traces back to Gay: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Gaylacheerful; a feminine form of Gay
  • Gaylenecheerful; a feminine form of Gay with -ene suffix
  • Gaynellcheerful; a feminine form of Gay with -nell suffix

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gaye. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Galecheerful; happy10 in the US (2017)
  • Gayasong or earth3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Gaycheerful, lighthearted, bright

Other names that mean joy

Like Gaye, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
  • Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
  • Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
  • Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
  • Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Gaye

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