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Gabrielle

10 replies

StellarIl · 26/06/2026 18:04

Thoughts on Gabrielle? Gabby is a bit of a disappointment, as it ruins an otherwise lovely name.

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BookishBobby · 26/06/2026 18:09

I think it's a very lovely name but I prefer Gabriella. I know a Gabriella, she's a young teenager, and she never gets called Gaby

It's a really nice choice

ShetlandishMum · 26/06/2026 18:09

Nice name but it will be Gabby.

Myswweetchild · 26/06/2026 18:11

Love Gabrielle and Gabriella.
My granddaughter's middle name is Gabrielle, thereby dodging thee inevitable Gabby.

Blingismything · 26/06/2026 18:13

Love Gabrielle and don’t mind Gabby.

Whodathunk · 26/06/2026 18:13

I know a woman with this name who is constantly called Gabriel (as in the masculine form of the name) and assumed to be a man before people meet her. I think it would be a problem for anyone with this name because so many people lack basic literacy skills.

Gabby can be avoided. Most people aren't impolite enough to call someone Gabby if they don't want to be called that.

midlifeattheoasis · 26/06/2026 18:13

Gabrielle or Gabriella are both lovely names

ChocolateCinderToffee · 26/06/2026 21:24

I like Gabriella, but not Gabrielle.

In an aside: in Germany in the 1960s and 70s, every other girl was called Gabriella. I lived there for six months and once counted up that I had met 14 of them.

cupfinalchaos · 26/06/2026 21:40

Love that name, also shortened to Gabs.

double0seven · 26/06/2026 21:46

Love Gabrielle. There was a Gabrielle in my year at school. Her name was never shortened to Gabby but she was known as Gaye

double0seven · 26/06/2026 21:47

Love Gabrielle. There was a Gabrielle in my year at school. Her name was never shortened to Gabby but she was known as Gaye

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