Gable for a boy?

[CeCeBloomer]

Any thoughts

It's part of a house isn't it?

Not my cup of tea, I imagine it would be misheard as Gabriel a fair bit too.

Do you mean Gabe?

Sorry, not keen. I first think of the house (like Green Gables) and then "As in Clark?"

Also agree it sounds like someone mumbling 'Gabriel'.

My first thought was 'gable end' as in house. To me, it isn't good as a name.

No, it's not a name! Gabriel, however, is lovely

I don't think it works, sorry.

I guess you are thinking of it as a surname name, as in Clark Gable, but as others have said it just sounds like a mish-mash of Gabriel and Gabe.

Terrible.

I really really don't understand this apparent trend to give babies names that aren't actually names for people.

Sorry, no. It immediately makes me think of part of a house. It would be a bit like calling a baby 'Gate' or 'Guttering'.

Gabe or Gabriel are both lovely, and similar sounding.

Abel is a reasonable non-triangular name.

I don't mind 'non-name' names at all but I don't think this one works at all.

No. plain and simple. No.

Molly I knew someone called 'Gates'

Awful, sorry!

People would mis-spell it as Gabble

I like it, and Newel is nice too.

Ha! It was an example plucked out of the air. My apologies if I offended you.

Not my cup of tea but it started me pondering whether Architrave would be for boys, girls or a unisex name (in the manner of Rothmans being a boy's name). Wainscott would be a boy's name. Cornice is a gigl's name obviously.
Ponders ...

No, sorry, my was at his name not at your joke

Arf at Cornice

Dado also clearly a girls' name.

Girl's not gigl's

I think Finial is a lovely name.

Agree. Gable isn't a name. Gabriel, on the other hand, is lovely.

Lintel? A nice alternative to Linnet.

Spindle is a bit too like Spinster for my taste but hey ho - horses for courses and all that.
Mansard is a strong 4 square name for a boy.

How do you say it? To rhyme with babble or Mable?