What is the name meaning of GAYE. Phrases containing GAYE
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GAYE
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, French, German, Hebrew
Glad; Lighthearted; Happy; Joyous
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Lighthearted
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname for a lighthearted or cheerful person, from Middle English, Old French gai. In Middle English the term could also mean ‘wanton’, ‘lascivious’ and this sense may lie behind the surname in some instances.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from places in Normandy called Gaye, from an early proprietor bearing a Germanic personal name cognate with Wade.probably from the Catalan personal name Gai (Latin Gaius), or in some cases a nickname from Catalan gay ‘cheerful’.Variant of German Gau.North German : from a Frisian personal name Gay.A Congregational clergyman and one of the forerunners of the Unitarian movement in New England, Ebenezer Gay (1696–1787) was born in Dedham, MA, which had been founded by his grandfather, John Gay, who came to America from Wiltshire, England, about 1630 and settled in Watertown, MA. Ebenezer’s great-grandson Howard was editor of the American Anti-Slavery Standard.
Girl/Female
French American
From the Old French word 'gai', meaning merry or light-hearted.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Gaylord, GAYELORD means "dandy."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Gay.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Gay, GAYE means "happy."
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Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
To Conquer; One on Expedition
Girl/Female
Indian
Happy
Girl/Female
Muslim
Fasting
Girl/Female
Gaelic
Devoted to God.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Shining
Male
Italian
Pet form of Italian Donato, DONATELLO means "given (by God)."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Kind Hearted; Sweet; The Kings of the Hills
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu
River
Girl/Female
Biblical
A lamb, as taken away, withdrawn.
Girl/Female
Indian
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n.
The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy.
adv.
In a merry manner; with mirth; with gayety and laughter; jovially. See Mirth, and Merry.
n.
A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day.
n.
The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
n.
That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage.
v.
Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
n.
Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment.
n.
Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic.
a.
The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season.
n.
Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness.
n.
Enjoyment; gayety; festivity; joyfulness.
n.
The quality or state of being merry; merriment; mirth; gayety, with laughter.
pl.
of Gayety
superl.
Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.
a.
Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
n.
The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.
n.
The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness.
a.
Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress.
n.
Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity.
v. t.
To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.