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Meaning of the nameGael

Gael is a male name of Celtic origin, probably from the ethnic term Gael, which refers to speakers of the Gaelic languages.

Meaning

“Gael, a term for speakers of the Gaelic languages”

Source: Behind the Name: Gael

People (2022)
110,946
Rank in Brazil
#295
Median age
1 years
2010 Census
463
people

Gael in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gael, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (96,503 people).

1,243 women 109,703 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Gael is most common

States with the highest share of people named Gael in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Acre 0.074%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.073%
  3. Espírito Santo 0.071%
  4. Amapá 0.069%
  5. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.068%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo26,3150.059%
Minas Gerais13,1640.064%
Rio de Janeiro11,7260.073%
Bahia9,0320.064%
Paraná5,3240.047%
Rio Grande do Sul4,3820.040%
Goiás4,1860.059%
Pará3,9580.049%
Santa Catarina3,9060.051%
Ceará3,4380.039%
Maranhão3,3300.049%
Espírito Santo2,7280.071%
Pernambuco2,6000.029%
Mato Grosso2,2410.061%
Amazonas2,2270.057%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,8670.068%
Distrito Federal1,7460.062%
Paraíba1,4440.036%
Piauí1,3920.043%
Rio Grande do Norte1,0280.031%
Alagoas8850.028%
Rondônia8570.054%
Sergipe8250.037%
Tocantins8100.054%
Acre6120.074%
Amapá5040.069%
Roraima4190.066%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Gael

Behind the Name says Gael probably comes from the ethnic and linguistic term Gael, tied to the Gaelic languages, and points to Goídel as its root. Wiktionary traces the term Gael to Irish and Old Irish Goídel, back to Proto-Celtic roots. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Gael as a name of Celtic origin that should not be confused with the biblical names ending in -el. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 110,946 people named Gael, with a median age of 1; proportionally, it is most common in Acre. Almost all records are of people born from 2010 onward, and the name is almost always male. The spelling Ghael adds an H after the G.

This is the most recorded spelling in the group and the simple form, without an H.

Other spellings of Gael

SpellingPeople (2022)
Gael110,946
Ghael1,504

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Gael · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Gael · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-EL) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Gael

What does the name Gael mean?

Gael means “Gael, a term for speakers of the Gaelic languages”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Gael in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 110,946 people with the first name Gael, which ranks it number 295 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

Is Gael a boy's or a girl's name?

Gael is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,243 women and 109,703 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Gael?

Gael is a name of Celtic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Gael most common?

Proportionally, in Acre: 0.074% of the state's population is named Gael (612 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Gael?

Ghael. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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