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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.

Gabriel has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Gabriel

Gabriel Boric Politician · Born 1986 · Chile Gabriel Boric is a Chilean politician best known for serving as the 37th president of Chile from 2022 to 2026. A socialist, he previously served two consecutive terms in Chile’s Chamber of Deputies from 2014 to 2022. Gabriel Batistuta Actor · Born 1969 · Italy Gabriel Batistuta is an Argentine former professional footballer best known as one of the greatest strikers of his era. During his playing career, he was famously nicknamed "Batigol" and also "El Ángel Gabriel." Gabriel Attal Politician · Born 1989 · France Gabriel Attal is a French politician best known for serving as prime minister of France in 2024. Born on 16 March 1989, he later became president of the Renaissance group in the National Assembly in September 2024 and General Secretary of Renaissance in December 2024.
Gabriel Byrne Actor · Born 1950 · Ireland Gabriel Byrne is an Irish actor best known for films like The Usual Suspects, Miller’s Crossing, and Stigmata. Born on 12 May 1950, he has won a Golden Globe and has also been nominated for a Grammy, two Primetime Emmys, and two Tony Awards. Gabriel Narutowicz Politician · Born 1865 · Russian Empire Gabriel Narutowicz was a Polish engineer and politician best known as the first president of Poland. He served as minister of public works from 1920 to 1922 and briefly as foreign minister in 1922, before becoming president on 11 December 1922 and being assassinated just five days later. Gabriel Macht Actor · Born 1972 · United States Gabriel Macht is an American actor best known for playing Harvey Specter in the hit USA Network legal drama Suits. He starred on the series from 2011 to 2019 and is also known for films like The Spirit and Love & Other Drugs.

Celebrity babies named Gabriel

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

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People also ask about Gabriel

Gabriel is predominantly a boy's name.
Gabriel is a 3 syllable name, pronounced /ˈɡeɪbriəl/ (GAY-bree-əl); alternative /ˈɡæbriəl/ (GAB-ree-əl).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Gabe, Gabi, Gabby/Gabby, Gabriela, Gabrielle and Gabriella.
Across languages, Gabriel has these equivalents: Hebrew: Gavri'el (גַּבְרִיאֵל), Arabic: Jibrīl / Jibril (جبريل), Russian: Gavriil (Гавриил).
Yes, very popular — Gabriel ranked #1 in France in 2021, and appears in official birth registries across 15 countries.
Gabriel ranks highest in France (#1 in 2021).
Gabriel's popularity is rising. It moved from #4 in 2011 to #1 in 2021 in France.
Yes — 18 notable people named Gabriel are in our database, including Gabriel Boric (Politician), Gabriel Batistuta (Actor), Gabriel Attal (Politician).
Yes — at least 5 celebrity couples have chosen Gabriel for their child, including Joan Baez.