Gay vs Lark

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. 

Lark

name
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage. 

  • A surname originating as a patronymic shortened from Larkin, a medieval diminutive of Laurence. 

  • A female given name from English from the lark bird. 

  • A river in England, on the border between Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. 

  • A surname transferred from the nickname, from lark as a byname or for a catcher and seller of larks. 

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