Gay

See also: gay, gáy, gấy, gảy, and gậy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Proper noun

Gay

1. An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
2. A female given name from English from the word gay, "joyful"; rare today.
3. A male given name from English. Also a shortened form of Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname.
   • 1992, Gay Talese, Unto the Sons, Ballantine Books, published 1993, →ISBN, page 15:

     - - - 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,

   • 2004, Annie Proulx, Bad Dirt, Fourth Estate, →ISBN, page 32:

     "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.

Derived terms

• Fort Gay
• Gay Hill
• Gay-Lussac's law

Anagrams

• YAG

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Gay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡej/, [ˈɡɛɪ̯]

Proper noun

Gay (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜌ᜔)

1. a female given name from English