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Meaning

The name Gayla has the following meaning:

My father's joy. An elaborated form of Gail, in turn a variant of Abigail. Also a variant of the French name Gala, meaning "merry maker".
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Gayla is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Gayla in the USA, over the past 100 years.
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Pronunciation

The name Gayla is pronounced as gay-luh

Origins

Gayla originates from the Hebrew language.
See other suggested Hebrew girl baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Gayla and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Gayla: Boys - Amon, Areli, Asher, Elzie, Enoch, Jadon, Javon, Joel, Raphael, Girls - Anais, Derora, Diza, Mikaila, Ona, Yadira, Both genders - Jesse

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Gayla:
The name Gayla is itself a variant of Gail

Style

We think the name Gayla should fall under the following style category: Hebrew.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Gayla to be: A jovial and bubbly woman

In one word, you might describe Gayla as a(n) "jovial" person.

See other "jovial" names for girls.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Gayla (or its variants) are:

Gayla Reid , born on 12 May, a famous writer. Gayla Reid 's background: An Australian-born Canadian writer. She won the Journey Prize in 1993 for her short story 'Sister Doyle's Men'. She published her first short story collection 'To Be There With You: in 1994, which was a winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 1995.

Gayla Earlene, born on 31 January, a famous musician. Gayla Earlene's background: A multi award winning Christian country music recording artist and musician.

Gayla Trail, born on 31 July, a famous writer. Gayla Trail's background: A Canadian writer, gardener, designer, photographer, and blogger. She released the popular urban gardening book You Grow Girl: The Ground Breaking Guide to Gardening in 2005.
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