I love
Gael, I think of warm sunny weather and sandy beaches for some reason.
I prefer
Gaël, though. (I'm a huge fan of diacritics 😁, these quirky marks are quite useful, at least in French).
I also enjoy
Gaëlle for a girl.
I guess, I prefer
Maëlle to
Gaëlle (girl names); but
Gaël to
Maël (boy names).
ga-EHL and no-EHL? Might be a bit confusing, especially when you call them both at once.
I love the fact that they used feminine version of the name on a girl:
Noelle.