Boys name - what does one think of.....

[Victoria72]

Gabriel? Gabe for short. Honest answers only please. Ta.

I think of the angel gabriel

Old fashioned... I like it

I love it - I considered it for ds2 but dh vetoed outright, sadly.

Gabriel is lovely.
Gabe is awful - and I have never heard the little Gabriel I know called 'Gabe'

Phew - wiping of brow. Have to get DH OFF the idea of Ulysses. Is it just me...?!?

Beautiful, love it, go for it

Ahem, Blu, some very nice Gabriels are referred to as Gabe by their mummies and it very much suits them.

too many associations for me with the angel Gabriel, who wore a dress hence was always played by girls...

MrsBadger - assumedly the same could be said about Jesus - wearing a dress.

Oi, Badger, come over here and say that.

I like Gabriel.

Gabriel is a lovely name - my DS has a friend called Gabriel, but his name doesn't get shortened at all.

I love the name Gabriel. It's one of the only boy's names that DP & I agree on during 'hypothetical future children' convos.

Or Paul, Timothy, Matthew, Mark, Luke, Ezra...

it's a little bit long-haired, muso type

Ezra very good to but shame about Pound.

My friend has a Gabriel. I like the name, but I don't really like the fact that she shortens it to Gabe. Always makes me think of Gab and gabby - ie someone who talks too much.

"too"

oooh i like gabriel.

no no, Jesus is played by an inappropriately plastic doll, possibly Baby Annabel, and grew up to be a man. Whereas Gabriel was only seen once in a nightie covered in tinsel...

I didn't say it was a Bad Name, just that I wouldn't use it, same as I wouldn't use Lydia, which is lovely but the name of an evil aunt of DH's etc etc

yes, v thomas hardy

my parents have a cat with that name so it kind of spoils it for me, but hold on a minute, my childhood pet cat had the same name as my ds1.

Sorry, it's not on my top 10 list

Ooops, sorry, Krabbiepatty.
What can I say?
That I like the name Gabriel, and very much admire the taste of parents who have chosen it, so would not shorten it....this is the problem with 'name' threads!

I have seen DS's name described as the worst and most unsexy name anyone could think of! But i like it!