Gay (name)

Gay is a female and male first name and a family name .

Origin and meaning

The name Gay comes from English and originally means "carefree", "cheerful".

Name bearer

family name

Adelquis Remón Gay (1949–1992), Cuban chess player
Ben LaMar Gay , American jazz and fusion musician
Brandon Gay (* 1982), American basketball player
Byron Gay (1886–1945), American songwriter
Cesc Gay (* 1967), Spanish film director and screenwriter
Claude Gay (1800–1873), French botanist and traveler
Delphine Gay (1804–1855), also Madame Emile de Delphine-Gay de Girardin , French poet
Edward Gay (painter) (1837–1928), American landscape painter
Edward James Gay (Politician, 1816) (1816-1889) American Politician (Congressman)
Edward James Gay (Politician, 1878) (1878–1952), American Politician (Senator)
Edwin Francis Gay (1867-1946), American economist
Éric Gay (* 1958), French politician in New Caledonia
Ernst Gay (1927–2012), German local politician and local chronicle
Friedbert Gay (* 1956), German entrepreneur, author and speaker
Jacques Étienne Gay (1786–1864), French botanist
Jamal Gay (* 1989), soccer player from Trinidad and Tobago
James Gay-Rees (* 1967), British film producer
Jan Jakub Gay (1801–1849), Polish architect
Jean-Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac (1778–1832), French statesman and minister of the interior
Jérôme Gay (* 1975), French ski jumper
John Gay (1685–1732), English writer
John Gay (screenwriter) (1924-2017), American screenwriter
Jonathan Gay (* 1967), American software entrepreneur
José María Pérez Gay († 2013), Mexican writer
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778–1850), French chemist and physicist
Mabel Gay (* 1983), Cuban triple jumper
Madeleine Gay (* 1953), Swiss oenologist
Marion Gay (* 1968), German writer and critic
Megan Gay (born 1967), New Zealand actress
Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Gay (1831-1894), Russian painter of French origin
Norman Gay , film editor
Patrice Gay (* 1973), French racing driver
Peter Gay (1923–2015), origin. Peter Joachim Fröhlich , American historian, psychoanalyst and author
Piergiorgio Gay (* 1959), Italian director
Robert Marie Gay (1927-2016), Canadian Roman Catholic Bishop
Roxane Gay (* 1974), American author
Rudy Gay (* 1986), American basketball player
Ruth Gay (1922–2006), American historian, married to Peter Gay
Sébastien Gay († 2006), Swiss alpinist
Simon François Gay de Vernon (1760–1822), French pioneer officer, Baron d'Empire, professor of fortress construction
Sophie Gay (1776–1852), also Marie Françoise Sophie Nichault de Lavalette , French writer
Steffen Gay (* 1948), American-Swiss rheumatologist
Traugott Gay (1796–1875), German opera singer, see Traugott Gey
Tyson Gay (* 1982), American athlete
Walter Gay (1856–1937), American painter
Willy Gay (1890–1975), head of the Cologne Criminal Police

First name

Gay Bryan (1927-2015), American athlete
Gay Mitchell (born 1951), Irish politician, MEP

Web links

Wiktionary: Gay - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations