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Gábor
Say it: GAH-bor
Meaning
From Hebrew Gavri'el, usually explained as 'God is my strength'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 147 babies given this name since 1914
- At its height in 1914, about 1 in 109,100 boys
- 5 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Gabi
| English | Gabriel |
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Famous bearers
- Gábor Bethlen, prince of Transylvania
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.