Gainesville: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Gainesville – Meaning: Gaines's settlement – Origin: English (surname) – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: GAYNZ-vil


Gainesville is an English (surname) unisex name meaning “Gaines's settlement”. It appears in our list of 175+ State-Inspired Baby Names as American as They Come.

Meaning & Origin of Gainesville

Meaning: Gaines's settlement.

Origin: English (surname).

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Gainesville

Phonetic: GAYNZ-vil   IPA: /ˈɡeɪnzvɪl/

Popularity of Gainesville

Gainesville doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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