Middle Name for Gabriella

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-07-2006
Middle Name for Gabriella
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Tue, 03-07-2006 - 6:11pm

I would love some opinions from all of you.

We are having a baby girl and we know that we want to name her Gabriella, but we are stuck on a middle name:

Gabriella Catherine O---------
Gabriella Lynn O---------

I prefer Gabriella Catherine, but we have a long last name and I'm afraid the little one will be 18 before she can spell her entire name.

With Gabriella Lynn, I'm afraid there's too many "l"'s.

Both Lynn and Catherine are family names, which we really want.

Thanks a bunch for your info. I appreciate it!

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-09-2005
Tue, 03-07-2006 - 8:19pm
I agree with what you said about both- Catherine might be too long and Lynn DOES sound like there are too many L's. Are there are any other family names that are possible to use? Between those two, I prefer Catherine. Although it's long, it seems to flow better.

                             
iVillage Member
Registered: 02-02-2006
Wed, 03-08-2006 - 7:46am

I think Gabriella Catherine sounds much better than Gabriella Lynn and is really pretty but it might be too long.

How about Gabriella Cate/Kate O--------- instead so you are still sort of using the name Catherine, just a shorter version?

HTH xxx

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-13-2005
Thu, 03-09-2006 - 12:27am

I love the name Gabriella too! (My 3rd dd is Gabriella Noelle)

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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-09-2006
Thu, 03-09-2006 - 2:23am
maybe you could try gabriella caitlin / catlin
then your getting a bit of a mix with both names that you like!
hope this helps
iVillage Member
Registered: 02-28-2006
Thu, 03-09-2006 - 7:53am
I don't think Gabriella Lynn has too many L sounds in it....it has a very nice ring to it.