Gabriel or Elijah?

[AngryBirdsNoMore]

What do these names bring to mind? And how would you abbreviate them?

I've got a soft spot for Elijah because I know the most handsome Eli. Elijah is a bit stronger imo.

Eli and Gabe.

Elijah - hippyish blonde surfboarder, Elijah Wood and very handsome local muscle man
Gabriel - angel, Halle Berrys model ex, Gabrielle

Neither. They are both too long, and a bit too OT for my taste. If you are needing to find a diminitive, look for shorter names.
I don't like Eli (eel-eye) and Gabriel will be Gay, Gabe or Gabby.

I think they have strong biblical associations and would assume the child came from a religious family.

Gabriel. My eldest, a thoughtful, brave, exacting film maker. Endlessly curious about the world. We call him G, most people call him Gabe.
Elijah is also very cool

Can’t stand either but love gabe and Eli

Neither. Gabriel will. Get called Gay, Gabe or Gabby. Elijah is awful in my opinion. I assume you're religious.

Gabriel. Love that name.

Gabriel brings the image of the angel and Elijah brings the image of the character from The Vampire Diaries 😁

I'd probably shorten the two to Gabe and Eli, most obvious ones.

And out of the two, I prefer Gabriel.

Yes. The Biblical references are the things that come most to mind for me, particularly for Elijah.

I do know someone whose middle name is Gabriel (named after Rossetti).

I have an Elijah so that would be my preference. His middle name is Thomas which we didn't think through so his mates call him ET 😂 thankfully he likes this!!

I love Gabriel, I picture someone quite cool and interesting. I've only ever heard Gabe as a short form in the UK although I've heard they use Gay in Ireland.

Elijah sounds much more nonconformist-church-ish to me. I guess I'd use Eli as a short form.

only ever met one child with each name and both very naughty. Has coloured my view ! Gave or Eli . Gabe wins slightly. If going Old Testament would prefer Isaac . The Noah I know is also very naughty!

Gabriel (Gabe).

I had both of these of my shortlist..went with Elijah but he always gets Eli. I love his name!

Lots of Eli's where I live though!

I absolutely love both.
But honestly don't know which I'd chose. For some reason I see Gabriel with dark hair and Elijah as blonde!

Ha my Elijah is a blondie! Looks like an actual angel (behaves like the devil though...)

Op other names in the same vein I like are
Zachary (Zach)
Daniel (but not shortened!)
Isaac
Ezekiel (Zeke)
Ezra
Jude
Samuel
Nathaniel (Nate)
Sebastian (Seb)
Asher (Ash)
Noah
Jonah

My youngest is a Gabrial (Gaelic spelling).Most people call him Gabe these days.

I have an Elijah and we love his name. There aren't many of them and it's a great strong name.

Elijah

I prefer Elijah out of the two

I love Gabriel, it's one of my favourite names. I wouldn't shorten it. Not at all keen on Elijah.

I have an Elijah! It’s my absolute favourite name (along with my other sons names). I think it’s strong, handsome, and Eli is such a cool nickname. He goes by a mixture of both. He loves his name and it suits him - he is very blonde and looks a bit like a surfer dude - weird as matches pp’s description!
Saying that though I also love Gabriel, I think it’s a very handsome name. It would have been up there on my list for one of my other ds’s but I just really dislike the nickname Gabe.

I have a Gabriel. He is G, G-Dog, Gabe, Gabs, Gabey. At nursery he's Gabriel or Gabe. We are not religious.