Gail (first name)
Gail is a female (rarely male) given name .
Origin and meaning
The female first name Gail is an English short form of the first name Abigail .
variants
Name bearers
- Gail Anderson-Dargatz (* 1963), Canadian writer
- Gail Berman (* 1956), American television producer
- Gail Bowen (* 1942), Canadian writer, university professor and playwright
- Gail Brand (* 1971), British jazz trombonist
- Gail Castro (* 1957), American volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Gail Davies (* 1948), American country singer and songwriter
- Gail Devers (* 1966), American athlete
- Gail Dines (* 1958), British professor, author and activist of the anti-porn movement
- Gail Emms (* 1977), British badminton player
- Gail Fisher (1935-2000), American actress
- Gail Force (* 1966), American porn actress and director
- Gail Gilmore (* 1950), American opera, jazz and gospel singer
- Gail Greenough (* 1960), Canadian show jumper
- Gail G. Hanson (* 1947), American experimental particle physicist
- Gail Jefferson (1938-2008), American linguist
- Gail Kelly (* 1956), Australian bank manager
- Gail Kim (* 1976), Canadian wrestler, model and actress
- Gail Z. Martin (* 1962), American fantasy author
- Gail Neall (* 1955), Australian swimmer
- Gail O'Grady (born 1963), American actress
- Gail Patrick (1911–1980), American film actress
- Gail Ramsey (born 1948), American actress
- Gail Robinson (1946–2008), American opera singer
- Gail Russell (1924–1961), American film actress
- Gail Schoettler (* 1943), American politician
- Gail Sherriff (* 1945/1946), French tennis player
- Gail Simone (* 1974), American comic writer
- Gail Strickland (born 1947), American actress
- Gail Thompson (* 1958), British flautist, saxophonist, composer
- Gail Tremblay (* 1945), American author
- Gail Zappa (born Adelaide Gail Sloatman; 1945–2015), American entrepreneur and widow of Frank Zappa
Name bearer
- Gail Goodrich (born 1943), American basketball player
- Gail Halvorsen (* 1920), pilot of the Berlin Airlift
- Gail Kopplin (born 1939), Senator in Nebraska
- Gail Kubik (1914–1984), American composer, violinist and music teacher
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patricia Hanks and Flavia Hodges, A concise dictionary of first names, Oxford University Press, 1997, ISBN 0198600941