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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.

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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.

It makes me think of blustery weather. I like blustery weather.

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It reminds me of April a bit, but I imagine Gail would be pushier or maybe bleaker.

This message was edited 4/27/2020, 2:53 PM

Too nicknamey and dated on its own. It’s okay as a nn for Abigail. That removes some of the “boomer” from it and roots it more in history.

A dated name that is just too plain even for a middle name.

I used to like it when I was a very small child; I had a picture book I think with a Gail character, or perhaps it was a paper doll, but I thought it was a happy, friendly name. And now, as an adult bored rigid by a planet full of Abigail people, I greatly prefer it to Abby. But, I'd use it as a full name in its own right, simply to eliminate Abby from consideration.

I really like it! It's so sunny. I'd be surprised to hear it too, since the usual these days is Abby. Maybe they decided to use Gail when they realized there's a million Abbys.
I wish Gail could be from a different name besides Abigail - I like Gail so much, but I don't like Abigail very much.

I happen to like it by itself, it's cute and harmless. I don't care for Abigail (maybe as a middle, and I love Abby and Abbey by themselves). I wanted to use it as a baby name someday, but I already have an auntie whose middle name is Gail. I like Gale more tho.

I dislike it, and not because it's dated. I just think it sounds very plain and not attractive. If it must exist, I prefer the spelling Gayle. I attended elementary school with a girl named Gayle and since then it's always stuck in my head as the default spelling, even though it actually is less common.

This message was edited 4/26/2020, 1:57 PM

I don't really like it