Gaël

Meaning and origin of Gaël

Popularity of Gaël in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2021.
• Over recent years, Gaël has been stable (+0.3% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Gaël every 9.6 schools.

Gaël in English-speaking countries

Gaël ranks 89^th in United States, against 211^th in France.

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  89^th boys’ name11,361 babies in 3 years1 boy in 453+5.3% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  389^th boys’ name27 babies in 3 years1 boy in 2,660

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  903^rd boys’ name33 babies in 3 years1 boy in 5,150

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  843^rd boys’ name5 babies in 3 years1 boy in 8,907

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  1,189^th boys’ name70 babies in 3 years1 boy in 11,805+5.4% a year

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Scotland, Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Gaël and Gael are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Gael120

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Gaël

• Malone
• Lowen
• Dylan
• Ewen
• Ryan
• Logan
• Erwan
• Tristan
• Bryan
• Nolann
• Alan
• Morgan

See also

• →French names of Celtic origin