Brielle

Brielle sounds like a small silver bell rung at the close of a song. A short form of Gabrielle, which descends from the Hebrew Gabriel meaning God is my strength, it has also been identified with a small harbor town on the Dutch coast, which lends it a secondary European texture. American parents took to it strongly in the 2000s, and it now sits at 144 on the girls chart. One graceful syllable in the French reading, two in American English, either way landing on that bright ELL. It has the soft sheen of a name that sounds like music in any room. Pretty, spirited, unmistakably modern.