I don't have a life, Don, so little things like this help to keep me amused.

The nub of the matter is this: Gillian Welch chooses to pronounce her name with a hard "G". All the other women in the world called Gillian are content with a soft "G". Whether you comply with Ms Welch's somewhat idiosyncratic choice is up to each individual imo.

I actually know somebody who chooses to style himself JONH. Never in a million years would I dream of indulging his vanity by spelling his name thus.