Gay

French

"joyful"

Gay Origin and Meaning

The name Gay is a girl's name of French origin meaning "joyful".

The meaning of this word flipped from "cheerful" to "homosexual" during the twentieth century, and it's now almost certainly too loaded to sit comfortably as a baby name. Which is a shame as sound-wise it's very appealing, just a short step away from Faye, May, and Rae.

Gay Rank in US Top 1000

# 944 in the US

Famous People Named Gay

• Gay Hamilton Scottish actress
• Gay Kayler Australian country music singer
• Gay Seabrook (born Gladys Johnson) American actress
• Gabriel "Gay" Woods Irish singer of band Steeleye Span
• Gay Kristine Jacobsen D'Asaro American fencer
• Gay Search English TV presenter
• Gay McDougall American human rights activist
• Mary Gabrielle "Gay" Thompson Australian politician
• Gay Vernon American radio personality in Boston
• Marcia Gay Harden American actress
• Imogen Gay Poots English actress

The name Gay in Pop Culture

• "Gay" Van Buren nickname for character Shay Van Buren of YouTube show "The Most Popular Girls in School"
• Gay the main character in Zelda Fitzgerald's short story "The original follies girl"