Gabriel and the "Gay" nickname

Hey,my great-great grandfathers name was [name]Gaylord[/name], that’s a million times worse than anything! [name]Gabriel[/name] is a fantastic name. I went to middle school with one (prime teasing age) and he was never called gay or anything like that. I know it never even occurred to me that [name]Gabe[/name] sounds like gay, I don’t know if other kids thout of it, but no one said anything as far as I know.