Gabriel or Saul?

[numberthree]

What do you prefer? Already have a Leo.. any thoughts appreciated! Thanks

I love Gabriel, but he will be called Gay for short - and probably not thank you for it!

I shouldn't think so, I believe "Gabe" is more common... but not that nice either.
I still prefer Gabriel over Saul though.

saul always reminds me of the creepy cult leader on home and away years ago.

shame really as i would prob love the name without that connection.

love leo though

I love Gabriel

Saul is much cooler.....slightly biased cos my nephew is called Saul and I lurve him so much!
I've always though Gabriel is a bit poncey and may get shortened to 'Gay' (sorry)

Gabriel if you are ok with Gabe

Like both, but also slightly biased because my dh is a Saul.

But frankly he does have to repeat his name a lot, it rarely gets spelled correctly in Christmas cards etc.....eg....Sol, Sual, Sean etc, etc, etc.

He does end up saying "Saul, Saul......like Paul but with an s".

My mother assumed he was Jewish!

Numberthree - Obviously it depends what kind of music you like, but there's a brilliant song by Lamb called "Gabriel" - lovely lyrics and it inspired me to name my second Gabriel, only she's going to be a girl!

Shame (although glad to have a girl too obv!), have to have a c/s and would have been a lovely song to arrive to!

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love, love, love Gabriel ... dp would never let me use it though if I had ds2!

I have a Gabriel

someone mentioned Seth? Silas is better.

I have a friend who has a DS called Gavriel which I think is unusual but rather nice.

Gabriel's are two a penny round here (along with Felix and Louis)and sounds slightly girly in my opinion. Saul is a great name, very strong and biblical (also happens to be dh's).

You could always convert Saul to Paul. Especially if you go to Damascus by road.

yes scope for U-turns on road to Damascus

Neither, sorry.

I haven't read all the replies, but just wanted to say that we named ds3 Saul. He is now almost 6 months old and I don't regret it at all.

Saul goes better with Leo imo

and who mentioned silas? isnt that some kind of sewage drainage thing???

you could be thinking of cattle feed - silage. which is why we didn't use it for DS1, living in a farming community. I have it on reserve for a future cat though

Love Gabriel, and think it goes better with Leo.