Gabrielle?

[Fransie]

Hi all, I have one DD named Charlotte and I’m expecting DD2. Recently while on holiday I met a lovely young woman named Gabrielle and have been in love with the name since.

Charlotte is 7 and so far we have avoided any nicknames but I sort of like Gabby or even Elle as a nickname anyway.

DH is worried people would pronounce it Gay-bree-elle instead of Gah-bree-elle though.

What are your thoughts on Gabrielle?

Gay-bree-elle is the male version - Gabriel. Gabrielle is always how you want it pronounced. I quite like it. Think it goes quite well with Charlotte.

I really like it and would pronounce it the second way.

Gabrielle is a beautiful name!

It's really lovely and your DD can adapt it if she wishes.

It’s a beautiful name in theory, but the “gab” sound is unpleasant and the shortening “Gabby” isn’t great.

Beautiful name. I know a Gabrielle and her name wasn’t shortened. Second what a pp said about Gay-bree-Elle being the male version and I’d like to think most people would know the difference in pronunciation

Lovely

It’s nice but I prefer Gabriella

Me too.

i know someone with twins called Siobhan and Gabrielle-known as Smash and Grab! Not relevant-but it always makes me smile.

I like it but prefer Gabriella. I like Gabby for short.

I think your DH is wrong. What you must be prepared for is abbreviation- Gabs, or Gabby, for example.

I think its beautiful and prefer Gabrielle to Gabriella.

Lovely and people will pronounce it correctly as Gabrielle the singer is still pretty well known.

I like it!

Thank you all, I don’t mind Gabby or Elle as nicknames, even gabs I’m fine with. The young woman we met said she had never gone by a nickname and if people ever did shorten it they tended to only do it in text messages where it can be lengthier to type vs in actual conversation where people tend to be fine with 3 syllables but not so much with 4.
I don’t really like Gabriella as much, I’m not sure why.

No, DH is worrying for no reason - in the UK for girls it’s always “Gah- bree -elle”. The boys are “Gay- bree- uhl.”

Personally I prefer the sound of the more elaborate Gabriella; and I assume you are happy with the nn Gabby? But if so, nothing wrong with Gabrielle - it’s familiar, easy to spell and she’ll be the only one in her class as I don’t think it’s ever been super popular.

I sadly went to school with a horrible Gabrielle so it’s not a personal favourite, but I do love Gabby

I think Gabriella would help ensure you got the Gab sound not the Gabe sound.

I've always liked it. There was a Gabby Willis in Neighbours with fabulous curly hair. I think I was 8, she clearly made an impression on me.

Gabrielle and Gabriella - both beautiful names. Another possible shortening is Gabz but that was short lived and the one I know is now shortened to Gabby.

I don’t like ‘Gabby’ at all, which will be the likely shortening. If that’s not a problem for you though then you should go for it!

Gabrielle is a lovely name. I don’t think you’d have issues with the pronunciation - as pps have said it’s the male version that starts with the Gabe sound.

One of the reasons I called my daughter Gabrielle !

I think it's lovely. I taught a girl called Gabrielle and she was such a good pupil so I suppose it has a nice association .
She shortened it to Gaby.
I had a lovely tabby and white cat called Gabby, so I like that too!