Boy · Hebrew
Gabriele
Say it: gah-bree-EH-leh
Meaning
From Hebrew Gavri'el 'God is my strength'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 2,860 babies given this name since 1954
- At its height in 1999, about 1 in 20,200 girls
- 29 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Gabriel |
|---|---|
| French | Gabriel |
Famous bearers
- Gabriele D'Annunzio, poet
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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