Nicknames for Gabriel that aren't "Gabe"!

Are u sure u want a name where you don't like the usual shortened version? Wouldn't it be better to pick a name where u did like the usual shortened version?

Gay is or used to be used in Ireland but I can see that might not be an option. What about Gabi. Or, being really controversial, use the full name. 3 syllables, not hard.

How about Gabi, like Gadi but with a b?

I have a Gabriel Elias, I just call him Gabriel or angel. Gaby (like baby) is cute. I hated Gabe too but if he likes it when he’s older it’s his choice :)

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Gabriel is nine years old now.

In English it's always pronounced Gayb or Gay briel. In many other languages it's Gab or Gab riel.

Guacamolelife, my family are from Brazil and they say it like that there, but I grew in england where that say gay-briel

A family member of mine is called Gabriel and we call him either 'gabs' or 'gabby'

Yeah. But I dont reccomend anyone naming their kid gabriel. They always found a way to put gay in the name like gay-briel

Apologies. Not RTFT

What about
G
Gee
Eel
E-el (like the ending )
Archie (arch angel)
Angel
Turtle (ninja)
I quite like E-el or ree-el from the endings.
No idea how I would spell them.

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Not sure if it helps but in Spanish Gabriel is pronounced as Gah-bree-elle so all the Gabriels I know go by either Gab (Gah-b), Gabo (Gah-boh) or Gabs (Gah-bs)

I tried my hardest to explain the pronunciation

When children get to school age majority of the time they will end up with a nn, it just happens organically! I’ve taught Gabriel’s they have had the nn Gabe. I’ve grown up with Gabriel’s, their nn’s vary Gabe, Gay, Gaby, G.
I’d say if you only want your child to be called Gabriel, I would avoid choosing that name. I’ve had first hand experience of mums saying how they prefer their child to be referred to by their full name but it just doesn’t happen. Maybe humans are lazy, that’s why we like to shorten everything.. who knows!

When I was in school people called me gabs so maybe that or just gab?

All the Gabriels I know go by Gab' (to rhyme with "fab" ) if that helps?

Gabriel is the best name! My Gabriel announced at the start of Year 3 that he wanted to be Gabe at school - he'd officially been Gabriel up until then although a lot of his friends called him Gabe. DP and I call him Gabriel or Gabe. His nickname is something completely different and unrelated to his name - it dates back to when he was brand new and very cute!

This is the OP

I am pregnant with DC4 right now (girl!) and was just browsing the baby names forum (of course) for ideas and was very surprised to see my old thread resurrected a few times including quite recently in fact!

Lovely to see recent comments, thank you all! Quite a few to consider for when he is older I am sure.

For the interested, DD1 started calling him "Gooby" when he was a few weeks old and it stuck. Not the sweetest or classiest nickname ever, but somehow it suits him and by the looks of things it's pretty unique, perhaps unsurprisingly . He even thinks he is called "Gooby" (he's 2.5 now!) and refers to himself as such, not Gabriel. I doubt it will follow him into school and beyond but for now, he is "Gooby"!

Totally outed now if anyone I know is reading! fwiw my MIL found this thread when she searched for his name after we'd named him, hence the name change a good few years ago now. So be warned if you post names here even without a surname if your choice is two fairly unusual names.

Our gorgeous Gabriel gets Gabe, Gabey, baby G, and currently answers to Bagel

....and welcome to Gabzilla.

I have a Gabriel, his nickname is nothing related to his name at all, it's more to do with his hobby!

He has never been called Gay but then the people he is at school with are intelligent enough not to use 'gay' as a term of abuse.

Gabri is good - I think that's what they use in Italy.

How about Brie .... like the cheese ..... its late ... i'm sorry!

Not to spoil Gabs for you, but my daughter is called Gabriella and everyone calls her Gabs for short. This came up organically though, as we never planned it as a nn - we planned to call her Ella for short but it never stuck.

G is a good short form for Gabriel I agree.

We did like Gabriel for a boy before we liked the name Gabriella, but we did worry about about the possible nickname "Gay". That shouldn't be a bad thing, but I suppose it is in the playground.

I am also strangely attracted to archangel names, and did laugh at the idea of Uriel!

I only signed up for this cuz I wanted to answer ur question on nn for people called Gabriel my name is Gabriel so I throught I would share what people call me. Gabe,gabs. Gabby. Gaybee (just a friend nn). Gab. Gabri (like gab-rie). Gaz(been called gaze before by straner who didn't hear my name right but still sounds good). That's about all I can think of please reply if this helps and btw I'm not a mum let alone a woman I am a male and has not got a girlfriend so no babies.