title: Gailītis
text: # Gailītis
  
  Gailītis (feminine: Gailīte) is a Latvian masculine surname, a diminutive of the word gailis, meaning "rooster/cockerel".
  
  Individuals with the surname include:
  
  * Alfrēds Gailītis [lv] (1900–1980), Latvian politician
  * Guntis Gailītis [lv] (bon 1949), Latvian theatre director
  * Jānis Gailītis (born 1985), Latvian basketball player and coach
  * Kārlis Gailītis (1936–1992), Latvian Lutheran archbishop
  * Markuss Gailītis [lv] (1882–1942), Latvian politician
  * Pauls Gailītis [lv] (1869—1943), Layvian Lutheran clergyman, politician and public figure
  