Gabriel as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Gabriel

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The baby name Gabriel is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɡeɪbriəl/ (GAY-bree-əl); alternative /ˈɡæbriəl/ (GAB-ree-əl).

Gabriel is Hebrew in Origin.

Gender: Male

Syllables: 3.0

Origin: Hebrew

Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪbriəl/ (GAY-bree-əl); alternative /ˈɡæbriəl/ (GAB-ree-əl)

What is the meaning of the name Gabriel ?

The baby name Gabriel is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɡeɪbriəl/ (GAY-bree-əl); alternative /ˈɡæbriəl/ (GAB-ree-əl).

Gabriel is Hebrew in Origin.

Gabriel derives from the Hebrew Gavri’el (גַּבְרִיאֵל), combining gever/gibbor “strong man, hero” with El “God”; it is usually interpreted as “God is my strength” or “mighty one of God.” As the name of one of the archangels, Gabriel appears in the Book of Daniel and Luke’s Gospel, and in Islam (Jibril) as the messenger who revealed the Qur’an.

Use in Europe expanded in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, keeping the name a perennial classic across Christian and later secular contexts. International forms include Italian Gabriele (m.), French/English Gabriel, German Gabriele (f.), Spanish/Portuguese/Catalan Gabriel, Polish Gabriel, Romanian/Slavic Gavril, Russian Gavriil, Hebrew/Israeli Gavriel, Hungarian Gábor, Arabic Jibril, and Turkish Cebrail. Feminine counterparts are Gabrielle, Gabriella, and Gabriele. Common diminutives: Gabe, Gabi, and Gabo.

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Name	Last Name(s)	Mother	Mother famous for	Fame Level	Father	Father famous for	Fame Level
Gabriel	Harris	Joan Baez	singer	★★★★★
Gabriel	Jagger	Jerry Hall	television actor	★★★★★	Mick Jagger	singer	★★★★★
Gabriel	Elijah Simon	Edie Brickell	singer	★★★★★	Paul Simon	television actor	★★★★★
Gabriel	Ferrer	Rosemary Clooney	television actor	★★★★★	José Ferrer	film director	★★★★★
Gabriel	Bier Gislason	Susanne Bier	film producer	★★★★★

Gabriel – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
France	Boys	2021	#1	4,974	2,865
Ireland	Boys	2025	#1	—	836
Germany	Boys	2025	#1	—	423
Switzerland	Boys	2024	#4	285	1,769
BR	Boys	0	#6	38,399	12,213
Belgium	Boys	2024	#7	413	401
KR		0	#8	1	201
SV		0	#10	2	283
BI		0	#12	1	425
HT		0	#12	1	399
BR		0	#13	1,233	5,969
FJ	Boys	0	#16	2	603
AR	Boys	0	#18	9,157	7,628
NA		0	#18	16	2,537
BW		0	#19	1	960
UY	Boys	0	#19	6,431	5,922
HN		0	#20	3	704
PA	Boys	0	#21	4,447	9,305
PA		0	#21	138	3,797
PR		0	#21	35	1,497
Canada	Boys	2024	#23	749	2,588
HT	Girls	0	#23	1	950
NA	Boys	0	#23	508	6,830
IT	Boys	2024	#25	1,449	47
BF	Boys	0	#25	2	439
Sweden	Boys	2022	#26	346	1,509
SV	Boys	0	#26	3	352
BO	Boys	0	#27	6,684	9,244
HT	Boys	0	#27	8	903
KR	Boys	0	#27	1	897
PR	Boys	0	#28	363	2,508
AO		0	#30	52	2,729
CM		0	#30	26	2,592
AR		0	#31	234	2,915
BN		0	#31	2	2,297
Austria	Boys	2024	#32	248	60
MD		0	#33	2	434
BI	Boys	0	#34	10	917
UY		0	#34	228	2,477
AO	Boys	0	#35	504	5,568
BO		0	#35	807	6,868
EC	Boys	0	#36	652	3,322
EE		0	#36	2	1,051
HN	Boys	0	#37	16	749
ID		0	#37	3	2,238
Norway	Boys	2025	#38	155	444
CR	Boys	0	#38	3,223	10,188
CL	Boys	0	#39	16,641	13,390
MT		0	#40	4	1,767
GE		0	#42	3	997
MX	Boys	0	#42	29,364	16,355
United States	Boys	2024	#43	6,379	7,044
EC		0	#43	79	2,502
CR		0	#47	129	5,526
MO		0	#49	4	2,706
PT	Boys	0	#50	3,098	7,951
NG	Boys	0	#53	9,129	16,906
CY		0	#56	5	1,632
CM	Boys	0	#57	1,975	12,054
LU		0	#57	10	2,830
MU	Boys	0	#57	664	8,477
NG		0	#57	265	5,926
Spain	Boys	0	#60	14,029	5,610
BW	Boys	0	#61	99	4,685
CO	Boys	0	#62	23,212	15,656
GT	Boys	0	#62	1,863	7,625
MD	Boys	0	#63	19	756
JP		0	#65	13	4,057
PE	Boys	0	#67	9,714	14,506
GH	Boys	0	#68	925	8,138
New Zealand	Boys	2010	#71	57	99
AL		0	#71	6	2,372
CL		0	#72	1,044	6,867
PH		0	#74	23	5,607
CY	Boys	0	#77	55	3,473
MV	Boys	0	#77	3	3,375
MX		0	#77	729	8,339
SI		0	#79	2	1,612
CN		0	#81	6	3,857
BG		0	#82	1	1,799
GT		0	#87	306	5,948
QA		0	#87	14	7,011
LT		0	#88	1	949
JM		0	#90	4	3,714
LU	Boys	0	#91	152	4,970
MT	Boys	0	#91	97	4,064
GE	Boys	0	#94	16	2,055
PE		0	#98	295	6,350
TW		0	#99	5	4,523
HR	Boys	0	#100	355	3,997
SD		0	#101	2	2,130
ID	Girls	0	#102	1	3,319
CO		0	#105	1,160	7,768
PH	Boys	0	#107	396	11,440
PL	Boys	0	#108	800	6,459
MU		0	#109	28	3,613
GH		0	#111	159	5,396
EE	Boys	0	#113	13	2,087
HU		0	#113	3	1,675
BN	Girls	0	#114	1	5,459
OM		0	#114	8	6,215
Austria	Boys	0	#115	727	2,180
BN	Boys	0	#118	16	6,332
ID	Boys	0	#118	14	4,130
KW		0	#120	2	5,216
GR		0	#123	12	3,911
Spain		0	#125	645	2,326
JP	Boys	0	#128	195	7,909
AZ	Boys	0	#131	1	1,400
HU	Boys	0	#134	42	3,954
RS	Girls	0	#137	1	1,651
LT	Boys	0	#138	13	2,166
BG	Boys	0	#139	90	3,850
JO		0	#139	2	2,158
PT		0	#141	128	4,161
CZ	Boys	0	#145	220	6,530
SG	Boys	0	#146	1,105	17,960
BW	Girls	0	#147	5	4,216
RS	Boys	0	#150	5	2,277
IT	Boys	0	#152	14,788	10,046
MT	Girls	0	#152	2	3,773
Austria		0	#159	55	850
SG		0	#160	113	11,010
MO	Boys	0	#166	58	5,842
PR	Girls	0	#166	2	3,171
AL	Boys	0	#169	140	5,122
CZ		0	#169	17	3,154
HR		0	#170	10	2,081
GR	Boys	0	#176	94	6,912
AE		0	#179	9	10,220
PS		0	#179	40	5,692
NA	Girls	0	#185	40	7,146
RU		0	#189	6	3,641
LU	Girls	0	#190	1	4,850
DK		0	#192	12	5,198
SI	Boys	0	#192	18	3,402
DK	Boys	0	#195	142	7,401
PL		0	#195	18	2,600
TW	Boys	0	#198	44	7,111
IL		0	#202	73	6,291
IL	Boys	0	#207	728	10,983
AO	Girls	0	#210	8	4,575
IR		0	#219	11	4,221
AL	Girls	0	#220	8	4,141
CN	Boys	0	#225	98	9,639
BG	Girls	0	#231	1	3,559
JM	Girls	0	#235	25	7,507
ZA	Boys	0	#239	2,638	25,619
GR	Girls	0	#248	2	6,293
HK	Boys	0	#250	428	12,905
EC	Girls	0	#251	8	3,650
JP	Girls	0	#251	1	6,592
PS	Boys	0	#251	410	10,655
MO	Girls	0	#258	6	7,056
JM	Boys	0	#259	14	6,876
MY		0	#260	71	12,352
Finland	Boys	2026	#262	1,085	3,552
AF	Boys	0	#271	4	3,535
Germany	Boys	0	#273	1,416	5,697
SA		0	#277	19	10,560
HK		0	#279	70	8,483
KZ	Boys	0	#280	10	6,578
SD	Boys	0	#283	172	10,523
Canada	Girls	2018	#285	6	2,960
TW	Girls	0	#287	3	8,139
HR	Girls	0	#293	2	3,687
GH	Girls	0	#308	17	6,973
DK	Girls	0	#328	2	7,429
KZ	Girls	0	#330	3	5,862
QA	Girls	0	#337	7	15,378
Germany		0	#338	102	2,542
JO	Girls	0	#339	1	7,570
ZA		0	#340	108	14,421
NL		0	#343	49	2,481
CZ	Girls	0	#346	6	5,378
SD	Girls	0	#351	8	7,678
CN	Girls	0	#354	6	8,829
IR	Boys	0	#354	224	10,162
Finland	Boys	0	#358	70	2,041
PH	Girls	0	#359	32	13,098
PL	Girls	0	#359	6	5,096
MU	Girls	0	#360	3	8,539
JO	Boys	0	#365	13	7,057
NG	Girls	0	#374	585	15,093
MY	Boys	0	#382	1,123	25,439
RU	Boys	0	#387	119	12,621
IT		0	#388	420	4,183
YE		0	#391	8	8,639
France	Girls	2018	#400	3	3,265
EG		0	#406	7	6,387
OM	Girls	0	#417	8	15,987
NL	Boys	0	#433	708	5,873
PT	Girls	0	#439	13	7,952
PA	Girls	0	#453	29	9,861
LY		0	#465	71	12,703
GT	Girls	0	#470	36	7,500
CM	Girls	0	#472	69	11,671
LB		0	#474	188	13,263
UY	Girls	0	#479	32	6,731
RU	Girls	0	#480	19	11,913
KW	Girls	0	#489	27	19,177
BH		0	#500	54	17,937
CR	Girls	0	#516	17	11,342
IQ	Girls	0	#525	1	11,303
AR	Girls	0	#535	65	8,289
BO	Girls	0	#537	75	9,488
IR	Girls	0	#538	8	8,334
PS	Girls	0	#539	9	10,981
QA	Boys	0	#539	169	18,093
AE	Girls	0	#540	14	20,968
BD	Boys	0	#552	25	10,045
SG	Girls	0	#574	13	18,916
HK	Girls	0	#576	40	16,104
IL	Girls	0	#605	13	11,648
SY		0	#622	107	11,684
KW	Boys	0	#629	141	18,755
IQ	Boys	0	#634	34	13,071
BR	Girls	0	#650	309	12,708
IN	Girls	0	#652	3	13,121
OM	Boys	0	#717	165	17,948
TN		0	#718	112	13,765
Finland	Girls	2026	#733	6	3,895
EG	Boys	0	#739	148	15,035
CL	Girls	0	#741	111	14,098
AE	Boys	0	#793	305	22,615
Germany	Girls	0	#812	27	4,949
PE	Girls	0	#845	99	14,861
CO	Girls	0	#875	207	16,140
Spain	Girls	0	#884	100	5,561
MX	Girls	0	#891	304	17,781
United States	Girls	2024	#894	23	8,487
MA		0	#900	230	20,986
SA	Girls	0	#905	31	25,931
NL	Girls	0	#931	25	5,933
IN	Boys	0	#943	59	16,750
MY	Girls	0	#944	51	24,821
EG	Girls	0	#1,006	4	14,742
DZ		0	#1,016	161	20,130
ZA	Girls	0	#1,057	85	25,928
TR		0	#1,086	126	19,440
SA	Boys	0	#1,133	519	28,008
IT	Girls	0	#1,262	185	9,415

Gabriel is popular in 99 countries — most recent births per country:

France

Norway

Ireland

Canada

Scotland, United Kingdom

Austria

Belgium

Brussels, Belgium

Wallonia, Belgium

Switzerland

Sweden

United States

Flanders, Belgium

England & Wales, United Kingdom

New South Wales, Australia

Germany

New York City (Black, non-Hispanic), United States

New York City (Hispanic), United States

New York City (White, non-Hispanic), United States

New York City (Asian & Pacific Islander), United States

New Zealand

Austria

Germany

Spain

Finland

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