Gay

See also: gay, gáy, gấy, gảy, and gậy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Proper noun

Gay (plural Gays)

1. An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
2. A unisex given name from English.
   1. A female given name from English, from the word gay (“joyful”); rare today.
   2. A male given name from English.
      • 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.

      1. A male given name transferred from the surname.
      2. A diminutive of the male given names Gaylord or Gabriel, and similar names
         • 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,

Derived terms

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

Anagrams

• YAG

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Gay.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡej/ [ˈɡeɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -ej
• Syllabification: Gay

Proper noun

Gay (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜌ᜔)

1. a female given name from English