Blue vs Gay

Blue

• A male nickname, occasionally used as a formal given name. 

• A female given name from English, typically used in conjoined names like Bonnie Blue or Blue Bell. 

• A surname from German. An anglicization of German Blau. 

• Synonym of British Blue (“a breed of cat”) 

• A member of the Royal Horse Guards (which merged with the 1st Dragoons in 1969) 

• A letterman at Oxford or Cambridge. 

Gay

• A male given name from English. Also a shortened form of Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname. 

• A female given name from English from the word gay, "joyful"; rare today. 

• An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.