Patrick or Gabriel?

[JohnSnowsTie]

Final choices for DC due v soon - preferences please? Thanos!

Patrick, unless you want his nn to be Angel.

I like Patrick - there are loads in my family

There are bazillions of wee Gabriels about now too, a Patrick would be more unusual.

Patrick. Fantastic name.

i love both!

i have a Gabriel (who has never been called Angel ) so obv a bit biased towards that one

Definitely Patrick.

I'd go with Gabriel, with Patrick as MN. Both are nice, though.

Patrick. Agree that there are lots of little Gabriels at the mo.

Patrick!

Gabriel is a thoroughly wet name.

Love them both.

Gabriels are always pretty hot in my experience.

I'm for Gabriel too. Beautiful name.

I like both. Patrick is a good strong name, whereas Gabriel is a bit more gentle.

I wouldn't worry about Gabriel being popular compared to Patrick. I think it is one of those names that seems more popular on MN than in the real world. Just had a look, there were about 850 Gabriels and 500 Patricks born last year in England & Wales (to compare, Harry was the most popular and over 7000 born last year).

I like Patrick but not the nickname Pat or Patty or Patch - is there anything else? Ricky?

Gabriel is nice.

Gabriel

Paddy is the only acceptable diminutive of Patrick in my opinion.

Omg both are amazing names!

Depends-what letter does your surname start with AND have you picked a middle name?

This would help me choose.

Patrick.. I love it

I know a Gabriel.. His nickname is Pronounced gay - be

Gabriel is a great name - none that I know are called Angel any more than the Patricks I know are called 'Saint'.

My cousin is Patrick. His nn was always patch- suited him when he was small. Not so much now he's a strapping great 20yr old!

His brothers middle name is Gabriel

I have a Gabriel. Patrick was also on our list until we put it with our surname - Hunt.
Both great names though.

Gabriel

Gabriel with 'Gabe ' as a nn . Patrick as a middle name.

Love them both.

I'd go with Gabriel, just edges it as it's very international.

We have a Gabriel and love it. He is Gabe, was Gabey when he was younger but at 7 Gabey is starting to fade. I agree that's its international as he was born in the US and now we live in Germany and it works in both nations.

He is very tall and his dad is well over 6 foot so far he is not wet, far from it.

I also LOVE Gabriel Oak from "Far from the Madding Crowd".

My DH picked our son's name.

Patrick gets my vote.