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As a child, I lived in Germany and had a (female) classmate whose name was pronounced like the English name Gayla. Recently, I've started wondering how it was spelled. Yesterday, I stumbled upon the name "Gaelle". I wonder if this is pronounced "Gayla" in Germany. I know that in French it is something like Guy-ell, but I wouldn't be surprised to discover that the Germans find it reasonable to pronounce it Gayla - after all, Germans pronounce Gisele as Gee-zell-uh (with a hard g).
Is there a German female name that is spelled Galle (with an umlaut on the a)?
So, can anyone offer insight?
Is there a German female name that is spelled Galle (with an umlaut on the a)?
So, can anyone offer insight?
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I have never heard of this name - but it seems to exist. Wilfried Seibicke (1) lists these names:
GAILE (m./f.) short form of names containing the element GAIL. Variants: GALE / GALEKE / GAELE / GALO / GALKE / GALLEKE / GÄLEKE
(Name element GAIL) Germanic *gail-, Goth. gails, Anglosaxon gâl, Old High German geil, “voluptious, hilarious, boisterous, lecherous”
(1) Wilfried Seibicke: Deutsches Historisches Vornamenbuch, Berlin 1996-2006
Considering the fact that only few Americans are able to reproduce Germans sounds like EH or ÄH like in "Besen" (broom) or "Nähe" (proximity) without saying "Bayzen" and "Naya", I would say: Yes, this is the name you are looking for.
GAILE (m./f.) short form of names containing the element GAIL. Variants: GALE / GALEKE / GAELE / GALO / GALKE / GALLEKE / GÄLEKE
(Name element GAIL) Germanic *gail-, Goth. gails, Anglosaxon gâl, Old High German geil, “voluptious, hilarious, boisterous, lecherous”
(1) Wilfried Seibicke: Deutsches Historisches Vornamenbuch, Berlin 1996-2006
Considering the fact that only few Americans are able to reproduce Germans sounds like EH or ÄH like in "Besen" (broom) or "Nähe" (proximity) without saying "Bayzen" and "Naya", I would say: Yes, this is the name you are looking for.
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