The story behind Gabriel
From Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God, deity”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-. Doublet of Jibril.
Other language forms and explanations (13)
Czech entry
a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel
Finnish entry
From Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, literally “God is my strong man, God is my hero”).
French entry
a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Gabrielle, equivalent to English Gabriel
German entry
a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Gabriele, equivalent to English Gabriel
Polish entry
Learned borrowing from Latin Gabriēl.
Portuguese entry
a male given name from Hebrew, feminine equivalent Gabriela, equivalent to English Gabriel
Spanish entry
a male given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Gabriela, equivalent to English Gabriel
Swedish entry
a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel
Slovak entry
a male given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Gabriela, equivalent to English Gabriel
Catalan entry
a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel
Indonesian entry
Learned borrowing from Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (Gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God”).
Latin entry
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (Gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God”).
Tagalog entry
a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel
Pronunciation
English; dialect unspecified: /ˈɡeɪ.bɹi.əl/
Regional pronunciation variants
- Czech: [ˈɡabrɪjɛl]
- Finnish: /ˈɡɑ(ː)briel/
- Finnish: [ˈɡɑ̝(ː)brie̞l]
- French: /ɡa.bʁi.jɛl/
- German: [ˈɡaː.bʁiˌeːl]
- Polish: /ˈɡa.brjɛl/
- Portuguese; Brazil: /ɡa.bɾiˈɛw/
- Portuguese; Brazil: [ɡa.bɾiˈɛʊ̯]
- Portuguese; Brazil: /ɡaˈbɾjɛw/
- Portuguese; Brazil: [ɡaˈbɾjɛʊ̯]
- Portuguese; Portugal: /ɡɐ.bɾiˈɛl/
- Portuguese; Portugal: [ɡɐ.βɾiˈɛɫ]
- Portuguese; Portugal: /ɡɐˈbɾjɛl/
- Portuguese; Portugal: [ɡɐˈβɾjɛɫ]
- Portuguese; Portugal; Southern: /ɡɐ.bɾiˈɛ.li/
- Portuguese; Portugal; Southern: /ɡɐˈbɾjɛ.li/
- Spanish: /ɡaˈbɾjel/
- Spanish: [ɡaˈβ̞ɾjel]
- Swedish: /ɡɑː.brɪɛl/
- Slovak: /ɡabrɪ̯el/
- Slovak: [ˈɡabrɪ̯el]
- Catalan; Northern: [ɡə.βɾiˈe̞l]
- Catalan; Balearic: [ɡə.bɾiˈɛl]
- Catalan; Central: [ɡə.βɾiˈɛl]
- Catalan; Valencia: [ɡa.bɾiˈɛl]
- Catalan; Northwestern: [ɡa.βɾiˈɛl]
- Indonesian; Standard-Indonesian: /ɡabˈriɛl/
- Indonesian; Standard-Indonesian: [ɡap̚ˈri.ɛl]
- Latin; Classical-Latin: [ɡaˈbriː.eːɫ]
- Latin: [ɡaˈbriː.el]
- Tagalog; Standard-Tagalog: /ɡabɾiˈel/
- Tagalog; Standard-Tagalog: [ɡ̠ɐbˈɾjɛl]
Popularity
Gabriel ranked #9671 in US for 2025.
Source: SSA national baby names
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- Gender
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- Syllables
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- Ending
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- same syllable count
- similar length
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Ángel
Borrowed from Latin Angelus.
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Aniol
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Ariel
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- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
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- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Gabriel
Abdia
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עוֹבַדְיָה (ovadya).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Abednego
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- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
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- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Abelus
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), itself from Biblical Hebrew הֶ֫בֶל (heḇel). The vowel, while short by etymology, is shown to be carrying stress by the descended…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Gabriel
Aarão
From Latin Aarōn, from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן ('aharón). Doublet of Faro.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
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- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Aaron
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- Gender
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- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Aarón
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- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length