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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."

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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 don't love either but I LOVE the name Luke. Strong and masculine.

Gabriel is sophisticated. Lucas is for a little boy. Gabriel was on our list if had a boy. That and Sebastian. Love Sebastian, nn Bash.

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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.

+1000!!!!

I love both these names!

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Lucas rhymes with mucus. It also reminds me of locusts (probably from the movie Lucus).

Luca is better.

Gabriel will inevitably be shortened to Gabe...which is a great name for an old Jewish man, but not a great name for a Spanish baby.

There are millions of better names.

As it has been said before if someone calls you a nn you don't like than you keep correcting. My SIL is Catherine, not Cathy, my DD is Elizabeth not Eliza or Betsey and my DS is Michael not Mike. People will get it.

Both good, OP. Ignore the people who live in terror that their boy might be thought a girl for a nanosecond by an incompetent eavesdropper, their sons are probably named Hunter/Maverick/Penis-Haver.

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Anonymous wrote:Gabriel is feminine IMO.

I agree. Too close to Gabrielle.

They sound completely different. Unless you are a moron.

I think it sounds feminine. Sorry if you don't like that.

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I agree with Gabriel sounding feminine. I wouldn't do that to a boy. I know too many Gabrielles--and tbh many pronounce it like Gabriel. And I absolutely loath gabe.

I love Lucas, but prefer just Luke.

You know a lot of stupid people, not surprising because you "Wouldn't name a boy!"

Probably homophobic too.

NP. You are strangely aggressive about this. I think that it sounds feminine. Nothing to do with being homophobic. Just that it sounds more like a girl name. Gabe is awful, too.

I love both Gabriel and Lucas, hate the nickname Gabe but am ok with Luke so I pick Lucas.

Anonymous wrote:My friend has boys Rafael and Nicolas and they go by Rafa and Nico- wanted English/Spanish names. I prefer Lucas over Gabriel. In English it's pronounced Gay-bree-el, in Spanigh Gah- bree-el- very dfferent.

I also needed names in English/Spanish and these were both on my list! Though just Nico, not Nicolas. I love Rafael.

OP, I really like Gabriel so I vote for that. Lucas is super common. I would have gone with Gabriel except there is an extended family member with that name who I did not want to "honor". Sigh.

I also liked Edgar (nn Eddie), Marco, Ivan, Andre/Andreas and Rocco.

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Anonymous wrote:Gabriel is feminine IMO.

I agree. Too close to Gabrielle.

They sound completely different. Unless you are a moron.

I think it sounds feminine. Sorry if you don't like that.

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I agree with Gabriel sounding feminine. I wouldn't do that to a boy. I know too many Gabrielles--and tbh many pronounce it like Gabriel. And I absolutely loath gabe.

I love Lucas, but prefer just Luke.

You know a lot of stupid people, not surprising because you "Wouldn't name a boy!"

Probably homophobic too.

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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.

I like both, considered both for our son who is now Gabriel. And we're Catholic, if that matters. Also, I think it's a little charming when a native Spanish speaker pronounces his name "Gabrielle." He may not like it once he's old enough to know the difference, but then he can go by Gabe.