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Gael Male Female Unisex
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Origin: Irish

Borrowed from Irish Gael, alt. Gaol, from earlier Gaoidheal, cognate with Scottish Gaelic Gàidheal and Manx Gael, from Middle Irish Gaídel, from Old Irish Goídel (“Irishman”), a loanword from Old Welsh Guoidel (“wild man, warrior”) (also recorded as a personal name in the Book of Llandaff), from Proto-Brythonic *Guɨðel (“savage, woodsman”), from Proto-Celtic *weidelos (“savage, woodsman”), related to *weidus (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”) (cf.

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United States Gael Listen Favorite Share Copy

Male Male Rank #89 Female Female Rank #12564

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France Gael Listen Favorite Share Copy

Male Male Rank #206 Female Female Rank #5787

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United Kingdom Gael Listen Favorite Share Copy

Male Male Rank #1199

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