Gabrielle? WDYT?
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I prefer Gabriella to Gabrielle, but they're boh nice names. I don't think the nickname Gabby is avoidable though. No matter what you call her, eventually, it WILL occur to someone to call her Gabby.
The only nicknames I like for either name are Elle/Ella and Brie. Gabrie sounds almost as bad as Gabby to me.
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The only nicknames I like for either name are Elle/Ella and Brie. Gabrie sounds almost as bad as Gabby to me.
Friendship is more lasting than love, and more legal than stalking.
-Jane, Coupling
You know all those people who think Gabriel is feminine? Well I think the opposite. Gabrielle feels really masculine imo.
And I don't like Gabrie at all. It might work, but it isn't cute at all like Ellie or Gabby (has the potential to be), and it isn't pretty at all like Brielle, Ella, etc. Doesn't it suck when you like a name and not its usual nicknames? It's why I love Valentina and Guinivere only in theory :(
And I don't like Gabrie at all. It might work, but it isn't cute at all like Ellie or Gabby (has the potential to be), and it isn't pretty at all like Brielle, Ella, etc. Doesn't it suck when you like a name and not its usual nicknames? It's why I love Valentina and Guinivere only in theory :(
There is also Belle
I don't like Gabby...
but I don't think Gabrie would work well, either. It's kind of hard to say (at least with my accent) and is an "r" away from being Gabby, anyway. IMO, it just doesn't feel "natural".
How about:
Brielle
Elle
Ella
Ellie
Bree
Gigi
Abby, Abbie
Gaia
♥♣ ♦♠
" i'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance "
♠♦ ♣♥
but I don't think Gabrie would work well, either. It's kind of hard to say (at least with my accent) and is an "r" away from being Gabby, anyway. IMO, it just doesn't feel "natural".
How about:
Brielle
Elle
Ella
Ellie
Bree
Gigi
Abby, Abbie
Gaia
" i'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance "
♠♦ ♣♥
This message was edited 8/22/2006, 12:00 PM
I'm actually starting to like this name. I really hated it just a week ago . . . and then I read a book. I always fall in love with character names.
Gabby, however, I still hate. Gabrie could definitely work, but imo it's just as bad as Gabby. Other nns could be: Elle, Ellie, Ella, Brielle, etc. I prefer just Gabrielle myself though. Ellie's an okay nn, but I dislike the others.
Hannah LAWR-a
"A man can convince anyone he's somebody else, but never himself."
~The Usual Suspects.
Gabby, however, I still hate. Gabrie could definitely work, but imo it's just as bad as Gabby. Other nns could be: Elle, Ellie, Ella, Brielle, etc. I prefer just Gabrielle myself though. Ellie's an okay nn, but I dislike the others.
"A man can convince anyone he's somebody else, but never himself."
~The Usual Suspects.
This message was edited 8/22/2006, 10:09 AM
I'm not a big Gabrielle fan, not Gabby either. Gabrie could work but it's not terribly attractive sounding, imo. There's also:
Abby
Bri/Brie
Brielle
Elle
Ellie
Ella
Rie
Rielle
~Heather~
"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know peace" - Jimi Hendrix
Abby
Bri/Brie
Brielle
Elle
Ellie
Ella
Rie
Rielle
I love the name Gabrielle but I also hate the nn Gabby. I know a girl named Gabrielle. Her mom swore when she named her Gabrielle that no one would ever call her Gabby!! Everyone calls her Gabby now, she said it just started in school. I think Gabrie is okay but no matter what you do people will call her Gabby.
Gabrielle is pretty. Gabby will be difficult to avoid. Gabrie doesn't really sound right to me. Some other nn: Gabba, Elle, Ellie, Ella, Bria and my fave, Brie.
***Edited to add that Gabe would also be a cute name, especially if she is kind of a tomboy.***
Britney Tamber
*DH: Adam Jeffrey*
***Edited to add that Gabe would also be a cute name, especially if she is kind of a tomboy.***
Britney Tamber
*DH: Adam Jeffrey*
This message was edited 8/22/2006, 7:59 AM