Boy · Hebrew
Gabriel
Say it: gah-bree-EL
Meaning
From Hebrew Gavri'el 'God is my strength'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
The most popular boys' name in France in several recent years.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 367,834 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2010, about 1 in 149 boys
- 7,087 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
HebrewEarly ChristianEnglishAmericanFrenchSpanishItalianPortugueseGermanPolishBrazilianMexicanQuébécoisCentral AmericanAndeanArgentineCaribbean
The family of the name
| French | Gabriel |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Gabriel |
| Italian | Gabriele |
| Portuguese | Gabriel |
| German | Gabriel |
| Polish | Gabriel |
| Russian | Gavriil |
| Hebrew | Gavriel |
Famous bearers
- Gabriel, archangel of the Annunciation
- Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian novelist
- Gabriel Fauré, composer
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- 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.