Gabriel name - Meaning of Gabriel
- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 9
- Usage
- French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, English, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- ga-bree-EL (French) , GAHP-ree-el (German) , GAH-bryel (Spanish) , GAY-bree-əl (English) , GAHP-ryel (Polish)
- Gabriel Meaning
- From the Hebrew name (Gavri'el) meaning "strong man of God". Gabriel was one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition. He appears in both the Old Testament and the New Testament, where he serves as the announcer of the births of John to Zechariah and Jesus to Mary. According to Islamic tradition he was the angel who dictated the Qur'an to Muhammad. This name has been used occasionally in England since the 12th century. It was not common in the English-speaking world until the end of the 20th century. Gabriel originates in Hebrew language and means "God"s bravest man". It has been used as a masculine given name over centuries, and in different spellings all over the world. In the Bible, Gabriel is an Archangel, a messenger between God and humans. Gabriel functions as a surname as well, the famous bearer being Peter Gabriel, an English musician.
Gabriel Related Names
Variants: Kaapo, Kaapro (Finnish), Gavril (Romanian)
Diminutives: Biel (Catalan), Gabby, Gabe (English), Gabi (Romanian)
Feminine Forms: Gabrielle (French), Gabi, Gabriela, Gabriele (German), Gabriella (Swedish), Gabriela (Spanish), Gabriela (Portuguese), Gabby, Gabriella, Gabrielle, Briella, Brielle (English), Gabi, Gabriela (Romanian), Gabriela (Polish), Gabriela (Czech), Gabriela (Slovak)
Other Languages: Jabril, Jibril (Arabic), Gavri'el (Biblical Hebrew), Gavrail, Gavril (Bulgarian), Dzhabrail (Chechen), Gabrijel (Croatian), Gabriël (Dutch), Gavriil (Greek), Gavriel (Hebrew), Gábor, Gábriel, Gabi (Hungarian), Gabriele (Italian), Gabriels (Latvian), Gabrielius (Lithuanian), Gavril (Macedonian), Gavriil (Russian), Havryil (Ukrainian), Gavrel (Yiddish)
Gabriel Celebrities
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - author, Gabriel Byrne - actor, Gabriel Carpenter - actor, Gabriel Harvey - author, Gabriel Mann - actor, Gabriel Helms - football player,
