Gabby

I like it more as nickname, but Gabby is really pretty. I don’t get why people dislike it so much.

Look I know Gabby isn't the most liked name, but it's still a lovely name! I myself am a Gabby and hate how people just think it's a disgusting name. Because I love it. Like are you just going to go up to someone named Gabby and say "I hate your name"? People should love everyone's name. Gabby usually comes from Gabrielle which is beautiful.

I hate this name. It looks and sounds hideous. I don't even like the name Gabrielle that it comes from.

My name is Gabby (Gabrielle) and it really makes me sad that people just make assumptions about it. All people named 'Gabby' is not the way you think. Gabby is a beautiful name (it is an angel name). I hope for the people who judge to realize that not all people are what you think. Stand up for yourselves.

Brielle is a way better nickname. Gabby sounds like a slur for some reason.

Personally, I don't like it. Gabby...well, I like Gabrielle more, has more ring to it.

Sounds like the name of an annoying girl who won't stop talking.

I feel that this name is stunning, yet strange at the same time. The nickname “Gabby” means talkative, however, this doesn’t always determine the person’s personality.

My name is Gabby and I personally don't like my name but I believe that anyone else with the name Gabriella or Gabrielle are beautiful the way they are. Don't let others bring you down because of your looks or your name you are PERFECT remember that. Anyway the meaning of my name in the dictionary is talkitive and the meaning of my name is God is my Strength. If you like your name I support you and if you don't I still do.

Nice and pretty and I like the spelling!

Hi my name is Gabrielle but aloooot of people call me Gabby or Gabs, but I think Gabby and Gabrielle are both really beautiful names.

Really ugly in my opinion (no offense to any Gabby’s).

I like this name, but I don't like the Association of Gabby Petito, Who is a 22-year old girl that died.

Such an ugly name makes me think of a rude stuck up teenage girl.

Too childish as a full first name.

I dislike a lot of people who bear this name, but it doesn't sound horrible. I would never use it though.

It's ugly and unattractive. I like Gabriella a lot better.

I prefer Gabriel/Gabriella.

Horrible.

Hideous.

This is my nickname, my real name is Gabrielle. It’s okay I guess, but most people would probably assume my name is Gabriella.

This name reminds me of a 10 year old who's obsessed with gymnastics; I don't see the appeal.

Ugly. Whenever I hear of this name I think of an annoying boy who talks constantly.

Absolutely hate this name. I think of an annoying teenager who talks too much and always starts gossip.

This is NOT a standalone name! I also don't like it as a nickname.

I really dislike this nickname. It makes me think of a bratty child.

Toy story 4 uses this name to name a creepy doll who is the villain of the movie. Way to make the nickname worse than it already was.

One of my best friends is named Gabi (Gabrielle)! I love the nickname, but not really spelled Gabby, it's much nicer as Gabi to me. Also, I think Gabriela (with one L) is the best full name for this nickname.

So my name is Gabriella, and I used to absolutely love having a nickname, especially this one. That was before I found out it meant annoyingly talkative and that I shared the nickname with 7 other girls in my dance studio of 100 girls. Sometimes I like the nickname, more often I don’t. Starting my freshman year I tried to get people to call me by my full name, but people automatically shorten it, which annoys me. Also I don’t like when people say my nickname fits me because I talk so much (I am actually a very shy, quiet person). Anyways, sorry for the rant but it is hard to change Gabby and I don’t like this nickname anymore.

Eh, I prefer Ella or Bri or Brielle for a nickname for Gabriella.

Terrible, terrible nickname.

It's a very stupid name and it would be hard for me to take someone with this name seriously.

I was always wondering what my nickname meant, now I know. My mom said she gave me the nickname since I "gabbed" a lot, too.

Only fit for a little girl.

For a boy it should be pronounced GAY-BEE.

Hey all... I'm a Gabby, (actually a Gabriela, but I'm usually called Gabby and have always been called Gabby) and some of these comments are just downright rude. Yes, I admit, sometimes I wish I could not go by Gabby, (or maybe change the spelling of my nickname, even though there wouldn't be much point in that - it still sounds the same as the act. Word) but I've always gone by it because others called me it, so why change it now? It sounds kind of cute and all, but I have SM (selective mutism) and do not talk much around others at all, so that doesn't help the situation! I didn't choose to go by Gabby, I was just always called that. Also, in my opinion, Gabby could still work as a full name as if you were gabrielle/gabriel(l)a you would most likely go as Gabby as well. I didn't choose this name, my parents did. If I had the choice would I change it to one of the other thousands of, in my opinion, better-fitting names out there? Probably. But, some people like this name I'm sure and I'm so sick of all of these stereotypes of dumb or "popular" cheerleaders that talk too much. Yes, it isn't nice having a common name, (i've known 28 others in my life) that isn't the best, but I still would like to think that my name isn't the WORST thing out there. You should stop insulting the names that people were given, because even if it's #1 in a country, it's still probably special to them and no one likes being insulted for something that they LIKE or cannot help. A name is part of your life, and you shouldn't have to be ridiculed for liking a name and especially not for HAVING a name. I'm not any of the things that these other hurtful comments said... some people are so judgmental. Just because you've met or known of someone like that, doesn't mean that we're all like that. Please, just stop being so hateful!

Sounds trashy, fugly, immature and stupid.

Okay I take back what I said. My apologies for my previous comment. ☮ I no longer think of Gabby as the things I said before. Gabby doesn't sound horrendous. I think this is better used as a nickname than a forename though. And the informal slang meaning of the identical word "Gabby" meaning "excessively or annoyingly talkative" isn't exactly pleasant. But of course, it's up to the parents to go for whatever name they love that makes them happy. ^-^

When I was younger I used to like the name Gabrielle, but not Gabby... and now, I hate both. The "Gab-" is what gets me, I think; it is such an unattractive, curdled, childish sound. Although, I don't feel the same repulsion over Gabriel-- in fact, masculine Gabriel(e) is one of my favorite names.
It appears that some of the others have covered the negative association one will walk with if called "Gabby," how it will always be associated with a talkative, gossipy, stereotypical "foolish" motormouthed girl.

Gabby was given to 48 baby girls born in the US in 2012 as a full name.

How about ellie for Gabrielle instead? And if you called a boy named Gabriel Gabby, (which doesn't really make sense since its "gay-briel" and Gabby has the short I sound like the word at) he'd probably get made fun of. It doesn't really sound cute on a girl or a boy.

Gaby, Gabbi, Gabbie, Gabi.
Nickname for Gabriella Gabrielle or Gabriel.

Gabrielle sounds mature and beautiful; Gabby sounds infantile and rather insulting (she's so gabby!). I'd rather use Bree as a nickname.

Yucky yuck yuck. I don't like this nickname.

I hate this name. It sounds whiny and annoying.

Even though I love the name Gabriela, I hate this nickname!

It's the sort of adjective sexist people, and this can and does often include women, use to describe women and girls who talk too much, or ''too much'' in their opinion anyway, as they rather prefer females to remain silent altogether. Not a nice thing to call your daughter. The name is very girly and immature, and guys named Gabriel should be called Gabe instead. The nickname sounds very ugly anyway.

I have to admit, Gabby sounds kinds cute when you hear a British person said 'Gubby'.

My name is Gabrielle and I just hate that name! It sounds way too sophisticated. Gabby however sounds like Gabrielle's polar opposite. It sounds so happy and cheerful and carefree. That's why I go by Gabby. And it sounds really British, too. I can imagine some English fellow saying "Ello Gubby! Lovely day today, isn't Gubby?"

I hate the name/nickname Gabby. It sounds like a goose that won't stop talking.

It's cute, especially for a nickname. Gabby could be a nickname for Gabriela, Gabriella or Gabrielle. Gabby suits females more than males.

I love the name Gabby but there are so many ways to spell it such as Gaby, Gabie and more. I think it is the cutest name for a little girl and when she grew up it would still fit her. Overall I love that name!