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?

Gabby the tabby!😺

I think Gabrielle is a lovely timeless name although my DD has ended up with some unusual nicknames courtesy of DH.

I like both Gabrielle or Gabriella but I do not like Gabby as a NN.

Just throwing it out there -Genevieve ?

I know a Gabrielle who goes by Brie.

Gabrielle and Gabriella are both lovely names.

If you like Ella as a nick name choose Gabriella.

I love the name Gabrielle. First thing I thought of was the Chanel perfume. Now I’ve got the singer Gabrielle’s songs in my head and I have to watch Bridget Jones’s Diary again now!
Keep the name, it’s beautiful.

I like Genevieve!

to which I would add, I like the softer G sound; I'm never a great fan of a hard G.

I used to be a teacher and one of my most memorable students was a French girl named Gabrielle, this was when I was teaching in an intentional school. She was very outgoing, intelligent, kind and a real pleasure to teach. She never went by a nickname (I found many of the French students didn’t though). I think it’s a really beautiful name and I don’t think you will have anyone using the Gabe sound as most are familiar enough with Gabrielle/Gabriella to know which sound it is.

Love it. Prefer Gabrielle to Gabriella as well and like the nicknames.

Gorgeous name.
Also like Gabriella but Gabrielle feels more elegant to me.