Need brutal honesty...names

paigeapoe · August 2010

WDYT of

Gabriella Leilanni Brown.

Please be honest... brutally so... and if you don't like it... please suggest alternate first names... I am in love with Gabriella and have already been calling her gabby but SO has decided he wants Leilanni as a middle name instead of Rose and I'm not sure how I feel about this name...

TIA

Lynball · August 2010

I love it! It's just so funny.... I have a friend who's sister is Gabrielle Nolani... So similar!

welshgirl · August 2010

Is there a particular reason he wants Leilanni?

I think they actually go quite nicely together. Brown is a simple last name, so having two longer names works, IMO.

bubbles231211 · August 2010

welshgirl:

Is there a particular reason he wants Leilanni?

I think they actually go quite nicely together. Brown is a simple last name, so having two longer names works, IMO.

agreed

plus i have always loved the name gabriella

AllSmiles1210 · August 2010

It's a mouthful but it's cute. You will hardly ever say her full name anyway so being a mouthful isn't really a bad thing.

Temp103605875001677 · August 2010

I like it! Good choice, in my opinion.

Mrs.Honeybear · August 2010

i like it a lot too....my middle name is actually Gabrielle and while i didn't really love it growing up because i felt different and like it was too fancy for me, now that i am grown up, i am really glad that it's mine. i think your daughter will feel the same way about having leillani as a middle name. i think it's really pretty

jcrawford76 · August 2010

I love Gabriella and I think it sounds nice with Leilanni. It flows well.

paigeapoe · August 2010

welshgirl:

Is there a particular reason he wants Leilanni?

I think they actually go quite nicely together. Brown is a simple last name, so having two longer names works, IMO.

He just said that he wants to love her name when he says it and thinks of it and that is what he likes lol.

Thanks so much ladies... on the west coast on vaca. Sorry it took so long to get back to ya'll but thanks for easin my mind.

dreamtrue80 · August 2010

I like Leilani, it means heavenly flower in Hawaiian. My DH is from Maui and we've decided to give all of our children Hawaiian middle names. This LO's middle name will be Lokelani which means red rose.

sil222 · August 2010

i think it works well together Yes

lulu8109 · August 2010

I love it. Gabriella was our top pick for a girl's name, but we're having a boy. I also really like Leilanni. It IS a mouthful, which is something I was worried about when trying to come up with a possible middle name to go with Gabriella. We had chosen Quinn as a MN because we wanted to keep her overall name short. Our last name is also one syllable too, so I guess I was making a bigger deal out of it than need be.

All in all, great choice. Plus your DH loves the MN, so I would let him "have" it

janneann1127 · August 2010

I think it's beautiful. Go for it!

katierocks8884 · August 2010

I like it. My family is Hawaiian and my middle name is Lehuanani (Lay-Who-Ah-Nah-Nee meaning beautiful eyes or eyes of heaven) I really like having such a unique name. Also, b/c I took DH's last name I'll always have some of my heritage in my name.

jenvalet · August 2010

I think it's very cute, but it is kind of a mouthful. Then again, does anyone ever really get called by their full names anyway?

Gr8ful_m0m · August 2010

I think its beautiful. Sounds pretty when you say it out loud!

tiffanyp · August 2010

I don't like the MN. It's too hard to say with Gabriella.

Connys1976 · August 2010

fmgrice:
It's a mouthful but it's cute. You will hardly ever say her full name anyway so being a mouthful isn't really a bad thing.

This

MrsTechie · August 2010

I don't like the two names together. I like Gabriella as a first name.

I think that the entire name is too long and too much of a mouthfull. My style tends to be more balanced. Also, I dislike having the same ending sound on both names. In this case, the "-ah" sound.

britne08 · August 2010

Gabriella is beautiful (Im biased as LO is/will be Gabrielle) Not sure I like Leilanni, its just NMS. Gabriella Rose is Nice though.

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