''Gayle'' ( ) is a variant spelling of Gail, a short form of the name

Abigail Abigail () was an Israelite woman in the Hebrew Bible married to Nabal; she married the future King David after Nabal's death ( 1 Samuel ). Abigail was David's second wife, after Saul and Ahinoam's daughter, Michal, whom Saul later marri ...

.A Dictionary of First Names, Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges, Oxford University Press, 1990, {{ISBN, 0-19-211651-7. Abigail is a feminine English name with Hebrew origins, meaning "my father is joy." In the

Old Testament The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...

Abigail was King David's third wife, described as 'good in discretion and beautiful in form. It is used in modern English and was a popular baby's name during the 1950s and '60s. Gayle may occasionally be used as a masculine name. Under popular names it was ranked #4902 most common last name in the 1990 census.Name Statistics web site

People with the given name Gayle

* Gayle Benson (born 1947), American businesswoman * Gayle King (born 1954), American television personality and journalist * Gayle McCormick (1948–2016), American singer, member of the band Smith * Taylor Gayle Rutherford (known mononymously as GAYLE), American pop rock singer

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