Gay vs Lane

Gay

name
  • 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. 

Lane

name
  • A male given name transferred from the surname. 

  • An unincorporated community in Oklahoma. 

  • An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska, taken from the surname. 

  • A city in Kansas. 

  • A female given name. 

  • A hamlet in Newquay parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8260). 

  • A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] anglicised from various Irish surnames. 

  • A town in South Dakota. 

  • The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. 

  • A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a lane. 

  • An unincorporated community in Idaho. 

  • A town in South Carolina. 

  • A hamlet near Holme, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1005). 

How often have the words Gay and Lane occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )