Gabrielle - How would u categorize?
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Gabrielle - How would u categorize?
| Sat, 05-20-2006 - 9:51am |
What type of name would you say Gabrielle is? Classic? Trendy? Other?
I lean toward classic girl names and the ultimate classic to me is Catherine (which I like) followed by Caroline, Elizabeth, Sarah, etc., but I was just wondering where Gabrielle stands...

I actually think of Gabrielle as one of the "new classics". That's just a category I made up, but I think it describes a number of names that aren't true classics (Anne, Mary, Sarah, Catherine, Elizabeth, etc) and yet aren't new names either. (And they definitely aren't trendy, made-up names) These are names that have been used consistantly for 3-4 generations now, so
Edited 5/20/2006 12:15 pm ET by mich_atl
Hmm ... interesting question! ;) I think Annie may be right here. It doesn't exactly fit a certain category because it's not inherently trendy or classic in the real sense of the word, but maybe a new classic would be a better term?
The only thing I might worry about is that because of this it might eventually seem dated (not sure about this, just something to consider). For example, to borrow from a recent thread, my Cabbage Patch Kid's name when I was 5 was Anna Gabrielle, and I thought it was a really beautiful name (still do), and until recently I never even knew a real person named Gabrielle. However, in the past few years alone, I've met many, including our neighbor's 7 or 8 year old, so this strikes me as a name that's just become really popular in the past few years, KWIM? HTH
~Kelli
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