Gay is a girl’s name of English, French and Teutonic origin. Meaning in English: Joyful. Lively. Also a modern term denoting homosexuality. Meaning in French: From the Old French word ‘gai’, meaning merry or light-hearted. Meaning in Teutonic: Happy. Gay is a variant of Gail. The name has 3 letters.
Arthurian Legend Scottish Teutonic Welsh
Gawain was a nephew of King Arthur, and one of the knights of the Round Table, described in the 14th-century poem 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'. A Scottish derivative of the Old German name Gawin, meaning 'district of land'. Also a variant of the Scottish name Gawain, meaning little hawk or white hawk. Battle hawk. Hawk of the battle: white hawk. From the medieval name Gawain. See also Gwayne.
Arthurian Legend Celtic English Scottish Welsh
Gawain was a nephew of King Arthur, and one of the knights of the Round Table, described in the 14th-century poem 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'. From Arthurian legend. Battle hawk. Little hawk. White hawk. From the Welsh words for little or white hawk. Hawk of the battle.
English Scottish
Battle hawk. White hawk.
English Scottish
Battle hawk. White hawk.
French
From the Old French word 'gai', meaning merry or light-hearted.
English
Festive party.
English Hebrew
Independent name derived from a diminutive of the Hebrew Abigail, meaning 'gives joy' or 'my father rejoices. '. Father rejoiced, or father's joy. Gives joy. The intelligent, beautiful Abigail was Old Testament King David's third wife, described as 'good in discretion and beautiful in form.
English Gaelic
Festive party. Tranquil.
