Gail is my grandma's name, and she has never liked it. In fact, once as a young girl I was talking to her about names, and I brought up her real name. She actually told me, "
Please, don't name your baby girl Gail! What about Abigail? That's much nicer, you can call her Abby." Of course, 10 years later Abigail absolutely shot up the charts, and I don't think my grandma foresaw that, but there were still one or two young Gails I came across in my life.
It's not a name I would ever use by itself (though I do like Abigail - however I couldn't use it due to the extreme popularity), but I don't think it's as bad as my grandma thinks it is.
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