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Hi Amber, here are my $.02 on the subject.

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First of all, Gabriella Christine is lovely. It's timeless. It has it all over Makenzie (or the other names you mentioned). I have a special dislike of Makenzie. Not only is it incredibly trendy and is the poster child of the surname-as-first name trend, it means "son of Kenneth." When I had my last daughter, my husband picked out Anna Mackenzie. He was just in love with that name. I wanted to name her Caroline, however, no one but me liked it. I knew that the Mac/Mc prefix meant "son of," but our baby name book (Lansky) said Mackenzie meant "child of the wise leader." I thought I could live with it and it did make my husband happy. It wasn't until I made a friend online from Scotland that I learned what Mackenzie really means. Even my husband was swayed and we ended up changing her name to Anna Caroline when she was two years old.

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The point I'm making is to make sure you love your child's name and not to let yourself be influenced by what everyone else thinks. That's the mistake I made. In my heart, my daughter is still Caroline. I mean, I'm happy to have finally included Caroline in her name, but I still have regrets. Can you live with Gabriella and not have regrets? Would your husband be willing to let you choose a name you truly love with your next child?

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Oh, and one more thing: I wouldn't be concerned with ethnicities. My name is Elena. I am not Spanish, Italian, Russian, Greek, etc., I'm mainly English, Native American and Dutch, however, my name suits me perfectly. If I were you, I'd focus on a name that I love. BTW, I like the nn Gabby. I know many don't, but I think it's sweet.

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Hope this helps.