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I don't care for the "ail" pronunciations of Jael, Yael, Lael, and Mael. And probably Rael. They're ah-el in my mind - almost (not quite) rhyme isle. Can't imagine calling a Yael "Yale" or a Jael "Jail." Regardless, Jael and Yael remind me too much of the words jail, gel, and yell.

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You forget Baal. Which isn't quite a name for a person, I guess.

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Dale is my fave. I like it for either sex. People apparently think it's terrible on a woman but I think it could be really very cool. If you don't consider its datedness. I would not mind being named Dale. It's also an OK male name... it's nicely unisex to me, like Dana or Lee or Lynn.

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Vale would be cool if only there was not the word veil. That wrecks it IMO. Wrecked not quite as badly as Fale and Rale and Mael (prn male) are. Yale is wrecked too, by the school.

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Cale is not bad. I would not use Kale unless it were kah-leh. I've known a couple of kids named Kane (ka-neh).

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Hale is decent but I don't really like it. (maybe because of hail, but that doesn't as easily come to mind as veil for Vale)

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I like Gail (f) - not so much Abigail though.

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Zale is eccentric but not too bad, nms.

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- mirfak

This message was edited 7/31/2015, 12:10 PM