You are right, but that could apply to any word or name regardless of its usual meaning or usage. To me Gimp is a pretty meaningless word, though I guess that'

You are right, but that could apply to any word or name regardless of its usual meaning or usage. To me Gimp is a pretty meaningless word, though I guess that's mostly because I'm a non-native speaker and the word seems to be used so infrequently that I have a hard time judging how it's perceived in general. But usually people don't think twice about the name of brands or products if they're used to it, and are able (though not always willing) to see things in context. I doubt that Gimp's popularity would increase with a name change, critics mainly seem to have issues with the UI. Either way I use it because it does everything I need with a pretty reasonable learning curve.