Not sure if language impacts it (DH's grandmother was Gabrielle and she was French) but I'm unsure of the proper pronunciation in English, or at the very least, people's natural instinct when they say it. What say you?
Gay-Brielle
Gah-Brielle
Me: 32 DH: 33 Married: October 2015 TTC #1: October 2015 EDD #1: June/July 2017
I have never heard it pronounced gay-brielle. That's how I would say Gabriel. Gah-brielle is how I would pronounce it.
Married 10/4/2014 (10-4, good buddy!) Baby Boy #1 born 1/9/17 Baby Boy #2 EDD 11/4/18
"It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do." -Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird
I agree with PPs, but for what it's worth, my MIL (who is French Canadian) is named Gabrielle and pronounces it "Gay-Brielle". That's the first and only time that I have ever heard this pronunciation (I also prefer "Gah-Brielle").
Me: 36 | DH: 34 Married: May 2008 TTC #1 since August 2015 FET #1: November 4, 2016 BFP: November 13, 2016 EDD: July 25, 2017
Great, thank you. It's on our (very premature) list as I think it's pretty, and I also very much like the NN Gabby. It's a happy coincidence that it's DH's deceased grandmother's name.
Me: 32 DH: 33 Married: October 2015 TTC #1: October 2015 EDD #1: June/July 2017
Re: Pronunciation of Gabrielle
Baby Boy #1 born 1/9/17
Baby Boy #2 EDD 11/4/18
Married: May 2008
TTC #1 since August 2015
FET #1: November 4, 2016
BFP: November 13, 2016
EDD: July 25, 2017
Baby #2 Due 3/7/20
DH: 33
Married: October 2015
TTC #1: October 2015
EDD #1: June/July 2017