Zachary Malachy or Gabriel

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To go with DS Cillian. Other suggestions welcome. I have another son whose name I won't mention as both together might be outing.

I don't want anything too common for our next child as it would make Cillian seem out of place. Want something with a similar feel, it doesn't have to be Irish though. Surname is one syllable.
We already have a girls name chosen, Alannah.
Thanks

Malachy without a doubt,beautiful name
I like the other names esp Gabriel

I like them all and think they all go well with Cillian (sorry not much help but thought I'd congratulate you on your choices!)

Malachy. I like Mal as a nn. Not keen on Gabriel and Zachary / Zach feels a bit 90s to me, though is a perfectly fine name.

I quite like Mac for a nickname too for Malachy.

I don’t see how you get Mac from Malachy, they are phonetically different?
Sure there’s a m, a, c in the name but Mac it’s not the diminutive of malachy

Gabriel ,if you're not bothered about popularity. If popularity bothers you Malachy. I've never been keen on Zachary.
My DD had Malachy for a boy but shes having a girl.

Malachy is likely to get the nickname Mal.

They all sound nice

We had Cillian, Malachi and Gabriel on our list. We also had Ezekiel, Emerson and Rafferty.

I had Malachy on my list for DS.
I love it, and only didn't use it as it was a bit clunky with surname.
Great name!

Love Malachy. I don't like Zachary. Gabriel is nice, but quite popular.

Is Mac a weird nickname for Malachy then? I don't know any Malachys. I'm not into really contrived nicknames but I'm not sure I like the nickname Mal that much.

I quite like Rafferty but we are avoiding R names due to my other son's name.
I'm not too bothered about popularity. I'd rather something that isn't top 20 (we discounted Finley/Finn last time due to this) but it doesn't have to be really uncommon.

I can’t see the link Mac to malachy. different sounds,not a natural association

Cormac or the Welsh name Macsen could give you the nickname Mac. Otherwise Gabriel is a lovely choice. I quite like Zachary but find it very different in style to Cillian. Apparently Malachy is really dated in Ireland but not in a good way.

I'd rather have a different initial to Cillian which excludes Cormac. Starting to lean towards Gabriel. My DH hates Gabe though which is an issue I think. Interesting that Zachary has a very different feel to Cillian.

Gabriel. Dislike the other two.

I love Malachy. I also love Malakai/malachai. The little lad I know mainly goes by Kai.

Ooo I quite like Malachai nickname Kai, that is quite cute and gets round the Mal issue (can't help hearing 'bad' as I speak Spanish).
Something to consider.

Gabriel, the one we know is never shortened to Gabe.

I like Gabriel most from your list.

Gabriel is the best one , not keen on Zachary and I don’t like any of the usual shortenings for Malachy. Other suggestions Fabian , Lucius or Levison .

Zachary

I love Gabriel but I think it's fairly popular (does somehow have an Irish feel like Cillian though, possibly because I think of Irish actor Byrne).

Malachi would be probably be my choice with Cillian in terms of not being overpopular (although I've only seen it spelt like this personally, like in the Bible) - I think he'd be more likely to get nn Mal or Cai though, unless you called him Mac from day one?

Zachary is nice but somehow seems a bit of a different style to Cillian to me. Alannah is gorgeous although I personally prefer the more popular Alana spelling.

Gabriel and Malachi are both lovely. Zachary a bit less so.
Maybe wait and see what he looks like.
Gabe and Cai are both lovely nicknames.

Malachi goes so well with Cillian , like Zachary, but personally have never liked Gabriel , too angelic maybe .

Gabriel is one of my favourite boy's names, so I would choose it.