Gabrielle

Girl · Hebrew

Gabrielle

Say it: gah-bree-EL

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Meaning

Feminine of Gabriel, from Hebrew Gavri'el 'God is my strength'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Known at the court of Henri IV and widely used in France in the 20th century.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1990s

In the United States

136,632 babies given this name since 1890
At its height in 1998, about 1 in 285 girls
866 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

French Québécois

The family of the name

English	Gabrielle
Italian	Gabriella
Spanish	Gabriela

Famous bearers

Gabrielle d'Estrées, mistress of Henri IV
Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel

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GabriellaGirlThe Italian feminine of Gabriel, from Hebrew Gavriel 'God is my strength' (or 'strong man of God').Modern · peak 2010

Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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