Boy name feedback: Gabriel vs Lucas

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Anonymous wrote:Both are nice names. And Gabriel does NOT sound feminine.

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When you say it in Spanish, it is literally pronounced Gabrielle...exactly like the girl's name.

No it's not pronounced like the English Gabrielle.

Then how is it pronounced in Spanish?

I know a guy with that name, and his Latina mother pronounces it like Gabrielle, not like Gabriel.

I'm the mother of a Gabriel from up the thread. To me, when our Spanish-speaking friends say his name, it is like "Gabrielle" in English but with much less emphasis on the "elle." The emphasis is on "GAB-ri-ell" not "Gab-ri-ELLE."

Either way it sounds like Gabrielle...regardless of where the emphasis is.