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Back with another insane, probably not accurate theory. Atm I'm anime-only, because I am enjoy the slow drip-feed of story, but after the season ends I'm gonna read the manga. Until then, I'm ignoring the notes on this post, so feel free to spoil away.

Something I've noticed throughout the show (but particularly in the last few episodes) is Gabby's relationship with her name and names in general. She is almost exclusively referred to as Gabby-chan, with the exception of Jin who calls her Gabby-chan-san (which I find very funny), and the one time when she's arguing with Yuru she calls herself Gabby-chan-sama. But until her reaction to that ex-daemon wielder in ep. 6, I didn't think it was anything more than just a character quirk. Everyone is a bit appalled by the whole "daemons are livestock who don't get names bc then they'll think too much of themselves" -- as they should be -- but we really focus on Gabby's reaction, so there's surely more to it than that.

I imagine she gave herself her name. Idk, it very much feels like a name she picked out herself, and in support, everyone calls her Gabby-chan (importantly, as one unit -- "chan" in this case, is NOT an honorific). Her name, in Japanese (Gabu), sounds very similar to her signature gobble attack. Possibly she named herself after it? And Gabriel, of course, has a matching name, which I assume she gave them.

Anyway, the theory -- Gabby probably grew up, in some way, without a proper name. My first thought was escaped lab experiment, but that doesn't really match the genre, so more likely it is a classic "unloved, neglected child" situation where her parents were awful enough people to not even give her a name. However, the description of daemons that the ex-daemon wielder gives is also a clue, given that it affected her so specifically. Methinks the "livestock" bit was the trigger there, so idk maybe her parents died and she grew up in an orphanage or other organization that managed a large amount of children. There's not enough that I feel like comfortably locking in one idea, but yeah.