Gabriella

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I'm not a fan of Gabby for short but is this inevitable? 😂

No. She could be Brie or Ella, or you could firmly insist on using the full name.

You can't govern what her friends or other people generally will call her though.

It's a lovely name anyway.

Love Gabriella. I know a fab one who never shortens it.

Absolutely love Gabriella, I wanted it for DD but her dad said no!

Thank you!
Yes obviously things will change over time and they may have opinions of their own haha but we have managed to keep the full names of our other children...so far!

Beautiful name. I actually like the nickname Gabby, I'm not sure how inevitable it is but all the Gabriellas I know do go by Gabby.

Gabriella is such a beautiful name! I don't mind the nickname Gaby but I'm sure you can come up with another variant or use her full name.

I weirdly really like the name Gabriella (I say weirdly because I don't like the similar Daniella or Michaela!). I don't like the nn Gabby much though either - but I don't think it's inevitable, especially if you use a different nickname from the start. Unfortunately I do think many 3 syllable names get shortened so it might be harder to always insist on the full name.

We have one child with a short name but two children with 4 syllable names and those have been kept so far. Although one child has a name which naturally shortens and it never ceases to amaze me how often people shorten it immediately once they have been introduced!
Me: "this is abc"
Them: "hello a!"

I would never shorten someone's name immediately so I do find it peculiar. However the other name never gets changed and Gabriella is similar in that it doesn't immediately shorten. I think!

Gabita can be used as a shortening. Much better than Gabby.

I know one that goes by GiGi or Gi.

I know a Gabriella that goes by Brie. I also like Ella or Gigi. Lovely name!

I prefer Gabrielle, I wanted it but dh vetoed it, it's now one of dd's favourites, who knows, I may get one as a gd, lol. I know one who gets Gigi or Gay.

The Gabriella in the royal family is called Ella for short. I think you would find that some people will automatically shorten it to Gabby - you (and she if she feels the same way when she's older) will just have to correct them. That assumption about a short version is common with many names, as you've found out. It happens to me and drives me crazy. I just correct people though.

I’ve come to the conclusion that I live in some sort of name-in-full bubble, because unlike in MN world just about everyone I know goes by their full name. If you want her to be known as Gabriella that’s easily done, at least until she gets to the age where she can choose for herself.

I know a Gabriella and I've never heard her name shortened.

@MoonlightInVermont

I’ve come to the conclusion that I live in some sort of name-in-full bubble, because unlike in MN world just about everyone I know goes by their full name. If you want her to be known as Gabriella that’s easily done, at least until she gets to the age where she can choose for herself.

Same here, in my wide family there's only 2 people who go by a shortened name. Both my dc have easily and commonly shortened names but neither likes it, so full name every time, they're 19 and 15 now so I don't see that changing.

The Gabrielles and Gabriellas I know are known as Gaby or Gabby.

Love Gabriella. Ella is fine. PLEASE don't use Brie (Camembert, Cheddar) for diminutive - these are cheeses!!

I don't think Gabby is inevitable.

I like Gabriella and only know one. She is 1 and currently always Gabriella

I know two people who's parents insisted on the full name come what may, and as they became teenagers they were both insistent on their names being shortened to how they like it. So for what it's worth, if you loathe Gabby, I wouldn't do it, but if you can tolerate it later then go ahead.
I like the name Gabrielle, but it is quite a mouthful.

Gabriella, obviously.

Love that name I wanted it for my DD but husband didn't like it because he thought it being shortened to Gabby so we both went with Ella instead

I have a Gabriella and she only became Gabi at secondary school when she decided she couldn't fit Gabriella on the cover of her art book! Her teachers and secondary school friends all call her Gabi but she won't let anyone else. I feel like I have to explain to her friends that I'm not telling her off when I use her full name .

The Gabrielle I know never shortens it.

I think with any name you have to accept that a nickname will depend on if the child likes it. If they like to be called Gabby, you won't be able to stop it, but equally, if they hate it, it will never stick. My SIL has a pretty unusual name and only answers to a nickname that is barely connected to her first name - her parents would never have thought of this nickname being a 'risk' when they named her compared to several other much more common nicknames. (Think as if her name is Michelle and instead of being called Shelly or Mimi she is called Marti). Equally I have a long name and whenever someone tried to shorten it I didn't let them, so it's never stuck.