I'm a Gail, born in 1940. Several Gails and Gayles in this area. I had to switch our account name at the dry cleaners because they were constanly getting our clothes mixed up. Three with the same first and last names. Two of us spelled Gail and one spelled Gayle. At school (I was a first grade teacher), the children called me Ms. Gail. Well, as little ones do, it always sounded like MiGail-- they dropped the s sound on Miss. My DH still calls me MiGail.