Gay
proper nouncommon in dialogue
An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
proper noun
- 1
An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
- 2
A unisex given name from English. A female given name from English, from the word gay (“joyful”); rare today.
- 3
A unisex given name from English. A male given name from English.
"Mr Gay Brawls. What a name." "It didn't use to mean what it means now. Plenty were named Gay. Even in Nevada. Was old Gay Pitch had a gas station in Winnemucca. Nobody thought nothin about it and he raised a railroad car of kids.
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A unisex given name from English. A male given name from English. A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A unisex given name from English. A male given name from English. A diminutive of the male given names Gaylord or Gabriel, and similar names
- - - my father's father, Gaetano Talese (whose name I inherited after my birth in 1932, in the anglicized form "Gay"), was an atypically fearless traveler,
Forms
- plural
- Gays
Gay · An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
gayle · Puerperal septicemia in sheep.Gayle · A female given name, a fanciful spelling of Gail, shortened…Gays · A surname.