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Female Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Gay m for the male version.
Finnish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
English gay = 'blithe', 'cheerful' [1] [2]
Gay | ♀ |
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Gaye | ♀ |
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For male forms see Gay m
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Gay |
Genitive: | Gays |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Gay |
Genitive: | Gayn |
Partitive: | Gayta / Gaytä |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Gay |
Genitive: | Gays |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Gay |
Genitive: | Gays |
Due to its additional meaning 'homosexual', the name has dropped out of use in English-speaking countries
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[4] |
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49 | 95 | 4 | 23 | 45 | 72 |
Finland[5] |
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n.a. |
44 | n.a. |
26 | n.a. |
18 |
Denmark[6] |
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7 | n.a. |
7 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Norway[7] |
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9 | n.a. |
9 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Iceland[8] |
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0 | 1 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[9] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only | |||||||
&: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Gay.