Gale (first name)
Gale is a mostly female, rarely male first name .
Origin and meaning
The first name Gale is a variant of the first name Gail , which is derived from Abigail as a female first name .
Name bearers
- Gale Garnett (* 1942), pop music singer, actress and author from New Zealand
- Gale Hess (1955–2012), American jazz violinist
- Gale Anne Hurd (* 1955), American film producer
- Gale Norton (* 1954), American politician (Republican)
- Gale Storm (born Josephine Owaissa Cottle; 1922–2009 in Danville, California), American actress and singer
Name bearer
- Gale Agbossoumonde (* 1991), Togolese-American football player
- Gale Harold (born 1969), American actor
- Gale Sayers (born 1943), American football player
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patricia Hanks and Flavia Hodges, A concise dictionary of first names, Oxford University Press, 1997, ISBN 0198600941