I love Gabriel for a boy

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Any thoughts on this?

I love it, but DH said it was a 'please beat me up' name so wouldn't agree to it.

It is fab.

I do too but then heard a few others locally so it's DS's middle name now!

I love it too, dh thought it was gay and/or poncey and wouldn't allow it.

I would love to call a future ds this name though.

It is my favourite boys name. Wanted it for DS1, was vetoed by DH because all the kids at school would call him 'gay' or 'gabby' [hmmm].

I still love it and am trying to change his mind for DS2, due in October.

love it, was no.1 for DS3 for a while but I knew temp. teachers etc. would call out Gabrielle

I love it and DH won't have it. There's a theme here isn't there

That was for my post, not yours ASLD!

it is the Gay abbreviation that puts the dhs off I think. But ds1 was at school with a Gabriel and the children were fine. This was at primary school though. I used Gabriel on ds2 for a couple of days when he was born, but dh was having none of it.

My brother is called Gabriel and we call him Gabe for short

it's a fantastic name!

ds2 is Gabriel Edward

Our next child will be Gabriel if he is a boy. I love it. Gabe for short. We also know a few other Gabriels and none have been teased or called "Gay."

I like it

Love it

Love it.

Very nice name! Only I'm not too sure about Gabe, or gay, or Gaby for nicknames....

I love it

I have a cousin called Gabriel and as far as I know he's never been picked on or called "gay" before. I don't think you should let that put you off. Gabe is a nice nickname.

I have a Gabriel, and while I have been surprised by the number of people who have pronounced it Gabrielle, I have absolutely no regrets, it is a beautiful name and I can't imagine him being anything else.

I have a name that is constantly mispronounced (Irish) and it is not that big a deal to me. Also I have had loads of really positive responses to it, many more than I was expecting actually, as I accept that we all have different taste when it comes to names. I considered the name carefully of course, and though DP was hesitant at first he now completely agrees that it is a fantastic name and he can't imagine DS having another. I had a passion for the name, nothing else seemed to have the same impact on me, and I hope that's a good enough explanation for DS when he's older.

I am glad it is becoming more popular, the more the merrier!

I have a 10 week old Gabriel . DH suggested it when I was 10wk pg and we never discussed another boy's name. We all (me, dh, ds1, dd) call him Gabe, Gabes and the Gabester FIL did blurt out the other day, when SIL was asking me how we came up with the name "He will get called Gabby at school" so I am guessing he doesn't like it! Couldn't give a toss tbh, we love it. Same as ohfuschia- we knew it was "The One". Loads of people pronouncing it Gabrielle here too

I love it. It would be top of my list if my cousin didn't already have one! My DH loves it too. The little Gabriel that I know suits his name so well and is known as Gabe. Such a fab name!

I love it too! I have put it on my list for DS2. Love Raphael/Rafael too, two angelic names!

My sister's baby is called Gabriel and it's lovely - they'll call him Gabe for short - not Gay!!

It's one of my dc's middle names; my other dcs have some heavyweight biblical names as first names so no. 1 archangel as a middle name evens out his lack of, iyswim - plus I love it!

Dh went off it as a first name as he thought it too pretty/wasn't struck by Gay or Gabe as a nn.

My brother is a Gabriel, we call him Gabe, Gabri, or Gaborek :o