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I like it if it's pronounced Gay-briella or Gah-briella. I like it somewhat less if it's Gab-riella (gab rhyme tab).

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I think Gabby isn't a bad nickname. I'd rather see Gabi (gah-bee or gay-bee), though.

I like Gabriel better (on a boy), its feminine version has never done anything for me. I want to like it, but it is just meh. Maybe because it always gets shortened to Gabby and I just don't think Gabby is very pretty.

It is alright, but Gabby isn't a nice nickname and really discounts the beauty of the name. I like Gabrielle, but that would also get shortened to Gabby.

I'm not sure I'd ever use Gabriella although I do like it. I don't despise Gabby as some do, however, I prefer other nns (Gabrie, Ellie, Ella).

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Having said all that, there's something about the name that seems somewhat light and airy. My middle dd adored the combo Gabriella Daisy when she was a teen. Now, not so much.

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If I were to use Gabriella, I'd pair it with Jane to bring Gabriella back down to earth.

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I've only known one Gabriela (from Puerto Rico) and two people named Gabrielle (with French surnames).

I hate it because I hate the "Gab" sound at the beginning.

Not a fan. I don't really mind Gabriel, I think - I've never met one - but there are so many teenage Gabriella and Gabrielle people in South Africa right now that it's become annoying. Anyway, I don't enjoy Gabby or Brielle or Bree, and the full version is long and clunky.

My cousin used this for her daughter. She is called a Abby and has gone by nothing else.

It's a nice and fairly decent name (nothing inherently wrong with it) but I much prefer Gabrielle.

I think I like Gabrielle better, but Gabriella is okay, too. Unlike Julia, Gabby wouldn't stop me from using it. In fact, it's my preferred nickname.

I like it, but

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I haaaaate Gabby. So I'd never use it, at least not as a first name.