# Gay (given name)

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**Gay** (alternatively **Gaye**) is a male or female [given name](/source/Given_name), the 795th ("Gay") and 1295th ("Gaye") most common female name in the United States, according to the 1990 U.S. census.[1]

It can also be used as a short form of the female names *Gaynell* and *Gaynor* and as a short form of the male name *[Gaylord](/source/Gaylord_(given_name))*.

The writer [Gay Talese](/source/Gay_Talese)'s name is derived from *Gaetano*, his grandfather's name.

The first name of the popular male Irish television presenter [Gabriel Byrne](/source/Gay_Byrne) was always abbreviated as "Gay", as in the title of his radio show [The Gay Byrne Show](/source/The_Gay_Byrne_Show).

## Women with the given name Gay

- [Gay Abel-Bey](/source/Gay_Abel-Bey), American film director, producer, writer, editor, and academic
- [Gay Alcorn](/source/Gay_Alcorn), Australian journalist and newspaper editor
- [Gay Allison](/source/Gay_Allison) (born 1953), Canadian poet, editor, and English teacher
- [Gay Autterson](/source/Gay_Autterson) (born 1943), American voice actress
- [Gay Blackstone](/source/Gay_Blackstone) (born 1952), American television and stage producer
- [Gay Block](/source/Gay_Block) (born 1942), fine art portrait photographer from Texas
- [Gay A. Bradshaw](/source/Gay_A._Bradshaw), American psychologist, ecologist, and director
- [Gay Bryant](/source/Gay_Bryant), British editor and writer
- [Gay Caswell](/source/Gay_Caswell) (born 1948), writer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada
- [Gay Courter](/source/Gay_Courter) (born 1944), American film writer, author, and novelist
- [Gay Cowbourne](/source/Gay_Cowbourne), Canadian politician
- [Gay Hamilton](/source/Gay_Hamilton) (born 1943), Scottish actress
- [Gay Jacobsen D'Asaro](/source/Gay_Jacobsen_D'Asaro) (born 1954), American Olympic foil fencer
- [Gay Kayler](/source/Gay_Kayler) (born 1941), Australian country music entertainer, recording artist and singer
- [Gay Kernan](/source/Gay_Kernan) (born 1947), American politician, Republican member of the New Mexico Senate
- [Gay McDougall](/source/Gay_McDougall) (born 1947), American human rights activist
- [Gay Outlaw](/source/Gay_Outlaw) (born 1959), American sculptor, photographer and printmaker
- [Gay Seabrook](/source/Gay_Seabrook) (1901–1970), American actress
- [Gay Search](/source/Gay_Search), British horticulturalist
- [Gay Thompson](/source/Gay_Thompson) (born 1948), Australian Labor member of parliament
- [Gay-Yee Westerhoff](/source/Gay-Yee_Westerhoff) (born 1973), the Chinese-English cellist
- [Gay Woods](/source/Gay_Woods) (born 1948), Irish musician and singer

## Men with the given name Gay

- [Gay Wilson Allen](/source/Gay_Wilson_Allen) (1903–1995), American academic and writer
- [Gay Assulin](/source/Gay_Assulin) (born 1991), Israeli professional footballer
- [Gay Brewer](/source/Gay_Brewer) (1932–2007), American professional golfer
- [Gay Bryan](/source/Gay_Bryan) (1927–2015), American long and triple jumper
- [Gay Byrne](/source/Gay_Byrne) (1934–2019), Irish presenter and host of radio and television
- [G. T. Dhungel](/source/G._T._Dhungel) (born 1959), Indian politician
- [Gay Elmore](/source/Gay_Elmore), American basketball player
- [Gay Hayden](/source/Gay_Hayden) (1819–1902), American pioneer
- [Gay Hendricks](/source/Gay_Hendricks) (born 1945), American author and psychologist
- [Gay Kindersley](/source/Gay_Kindersley) (1930–2011), British champion amateur jump jockey and horse trainer
- [Gay Mandeville](/source/Gay_Mandeville) (1894–1969), the first native-born Bishop of Barbados
- [Gay McIntyre](/source/Gay_McIntyre) (1933–2021), Irish jazz musician
- [Gay McKenna](/source/Gay_McKenna) (died 2004), Irish greyhound trainer
- [Gay McManus](/source/Gay_McManus) (born 1958), Irish Gaelic footballer
- [Gay Mitchell](/source/Gay_Mitchell) (born 1951), Irish Fine Gaelic politician
- [Gay Mitchell (Gaelic footballer)](/source/Gay_Mitchell_(Gaelic_footballer)) (born 1948), Irish sportsperson
- [Gay O'Carroll](/source/Gay_O'Carroll) (born 1964), Irish footballer
- [Gay O'Driscoll](/source/Gay_O'Driscoll) (born 1946), Irish retired Gaelic footballer
- [Gay Sheerin](/source/Gay_Sheerin) (born 1955/1956), Gaelic footballer and manager
- [Gay Talese](/source/Gay_Talese) (born 1932), American author

## References

1. ["US Census, Female Names"](https://web.archive.org/web/19970321025120/http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.female.first). Archived from [the original](https://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.female.first) on 1997-03-21. Retrieved 2017-12-07.

## See also

- [Gai (disambiguation)](/source/Gai_(disambiguation))
- [Gaye (disambiguation)](/source/Gaye_(disambiguation))
- [Guy (given name)](/source/Guy_(given_name))
- [Gay (nickname)](/source/Gay_(nickname))
- [Gay (surname)](/source/Gay_(surname))

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