Gabriel is a given name derived from the Hebrew name Gaḇrīʾēl () meaning "God is my strength", or "God is a strong man." The name was popularized by the association with the angel Gabriel. In some rare cases it can be written as Gabryel.
Variants
Bengali: জিবরীল and জিব্রীল (Jibe), জিবরাঈল and জিব্রাঈল (Libra) German: Gabriel (masculine), Gabriele (feminine), Gabi (feminine nickname) Hungarian: Gábriel, Gábor (masculine), Gabriella (feminine), Gabi (nickname for both the feminine and masculine forms) Irish: Gaibrial, Gaibriéil, Gaibriél Italian: Gabriele (masculine), Gabriella (feminine) Polish: Gabriel (masculine), Gabriela (feminine), Gabryś (masculine nickname), Gabrysia (feminine nickname), Gabi (masculine and feminine nickname) Portuguese: Gabriel (masculine), Gabriela, Gabrielle (feminine), Biel (masculine nickname), Gabi (feminine nickname) Romanian: Gabriel (masculine), Gabriela (feminine), Gabi (masculine and feminine nickname), Gavriil, Gavril, Gavrilă Russian: Гавриил (Gavriil), Гаврил (Gavril), Гаврила (Gavrila); diminutives: Gavrik, Gavryusha Serbian: Гаврило (Gavrilo); diminutives: Гаша (Gaša), Гавро (Gavro), Гајо (Gajo) Ukrainian: Гаврило (Havrylo); diminutives: Гаврилко (Havrylko), Ганик (Hanyk)
People named Gabriel
Royal houses, nobility and clergy
Gabriel of Kakheti (died 881), Prince and chorepiscopus (bishop) of Kakheti
Gabriel of Melitene (died 1102), ruler of Melitene
Gabriel von Salamanca-Ortenburg (1489–1539) Gabriel de la Cueva, 5th Duke of Alburquerque (c. 1515–1571) Gabriel, comte de Montgomery (1530–1574) Gabriel de Luetz (died 1553) Gabriel de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1600–1675) Gabriel de Guilleragues (1628–1684) Gabriel of Lencastre, 7th Duke of Aveiro (1667–1745) Patriarch Gabriel II of Constantinople (died 1659) Patriarch Gabriel III of Constantinople (reigned 1702–1707) César Gabriel de Choiseul (1712–1785) Infante Gabriel of Spain (1752–1788) Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia (1887–1955) Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1897–1975) Prince Gabriel of Thurn and Taxis (1922–1942) Gabriel (archimandrite) (1929–1995), a Georgian religious figure of the 20th century Gabriel de Broglie (born 1931) Prince Gabriel of Belgium (born 2003)
Artists and entertainers
Gabriel Bateman (born 2004), American actor
Gabriel Braga Nunes (born 1972), Brazilian actor
Gabriel Byrne (born 1950), Irish actor
Gabriel Casaccia (1907–1980), Paraguayan novelist
Gabriel Chevallier (1895–1969), French writer and novelist
Gabriel Contino (born 1974), stage name Gabriel o Pensador, Brazilian singer-songwriter and rapper Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (1724–1780), French draftsman, printmaker, etcher and painter Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), late-Romantic French composer Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014), Colombian novelist Gabriel Iglesias (born 1976), American comedian Gabriel Macht (born 1972), American actor Gabriel Morrissette (born 1959), Canadian illustrator Gabe Saporta (born 1979), Uruguayan-American musician Gabriel von Max (1840–1915), Austrian painter Gabriel von Seidl (1848–1913), German architect