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English
Etymology
From Latin Gabriel , from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ ( Gabrīḗl ) , from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל ( gaḇrīʾḗl , “ God is my strong man ” ) , from גֶּבֶר ( géver , “ strong man, hero ” ) and אֵל ( ʾēl , “ God, deity ” ) , from Proto-Semitic *ʾil- . Doublet of Jibril .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gabriel
A male given name from Hebrew .
1629 , Thomas Adams , Meditations upon Creed , The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:
Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel or Michael , giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.
1986 , Paul Bailey , Gabriel's Lament , Viking, published 1987 , →ISBN , page 20 :"I'm the only Gabriel in the whole school," I told my father. "You don't have to whisper it from the tomb, lad. You should thank your mother and me for giving you a handle that people notice. You ought to be pleased, not down in the dumps. Backstreet Gabriels aren't bumped into on every corner, remember.
An archangel associated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God .
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Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel , whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
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And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
A surname originating as a patronymic .
Derived terms
Translations
male given name
Albanian: Gavril , Bjelli
Arabic: جِبْرِيل (ar) ( jibrīl ) ( used mainly by Muslims ) , جِبْرَائِيل ( jibrāʔīl ) ( used mainly by Christians )
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ , ܓܒܪܝܐܝ
Armenian: Գաբրիել ( Gabriel )
Bengali: গাব্রিয়েল ( gabriẏel )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 加布里埃爾 / 加布里埃尔 ( Jiābùlǐāiěr ) , 蓋布列 / 盖布列
Czech: Gabriel (cs) m
Danish: Gabriel
Esperanto: Gabrielo
Finnish: Kaapo (fi)
French: Gabriel (fr) m
Galician: Gabriel (gl) m
German: Gabriel (de) m
Greek: Γαβριήλ (el) m ( Gavriíl )
Hausa: Jibirilu
Hawaiian: Kapeliela
Hebrew: גַּבְרִיאֵל (he) ( gavriél )
Hindi: जबराइल (hi) m ( jabrāil ) , जब्रील (hi) m ( jabrīl )
Hungarian: Gábor (hu)
Irish: (please verify ) Gaibriéil m
Italian: Gabriele (it) m , Gabriello m
Japanese: ガブリエル ( Gaburieru )
Korean: 가브리엘 ( Gabeuriel )
Latin: Gabriel m , Gabrihel m
Macedonian: Га́врил (mk) m ( Gávril )
Malay: Jibril
Maltese: Gabriel
Maori: Kaperiere
Norwegian: Gabriel (no)
Persian: جبرئیل (fa) ( jebra'il ) , ( prescriptive ) جبرییل (fa) ( jebrayil ) , ( literally ) جبریل ( jebril ) , گابریل ( gâbriel )
Polish: Gabriel (pl) m
Portuguese: Gabriel (pt) m
Russian: Гаврии́л (ru) m ( Gavriíl ) , Габриэ́л (ru) m ( Gabriél )
Spanish: Gabriel (es) m
Swedish: Gabriel (sv)
Ukrainian: Гаври́ло m ( Havrýlo )
Yiddish: גבֿריאל m ( gavriyel )
Translations to be checked
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gabriel m
Gabriel
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gabriel m anim
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Declension
Declension of Gabriel (hard masculine animate )
Proper noun
Gabriel m anim (female equivalent Gabrielová )
a male surname
Declension
Declension of Gabriel (hard masculine animate )
Further reading
“Gabriel ”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
Danish
Proper noun
Gabriel
Gabriel ( Archangel )
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Faroese
Proper noun
Gabriel m
a male given name
Usage notes
Patronymics
son of Gabriel: Gabrielsson
daughter of Gabriel: Gabrielsdóttir
Declension
singular
indefinite
nominative
Gabriel
accusative
Gabriel
dative
Gabrieli
genitive
Gabriels
Finnish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ ( Gabrīḗl ) , from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל ( gaḇrīʾḗl ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈɡɑ(ː)briel/ ,
Rhymes: -ɑbriel
Syllabification(key ) : Gab‧ri‧el
Hyphenation(key ) : Gab‧ri‧el
Proper noun
Gabriel
Gabriel ( Archangel )
a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Declension
Statistics
Gabriel is the 368th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 858 male individuals (and as a middle name to 3,200 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs to 5 female individuals (and as a middle name to 13 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gabriel m
Gabriel ( Archangel )
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Descendants
→ Alemannic German: Gaabi
German
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) :
Hyphenation: Ga‧bri‧el
Proper noun
Gabriel
( biblical ) Gabriel ( Archangel )
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ ( Gabrīḗl ) , from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל ( Gaḇrīʾḗl , “ God is my strong man ” ) , from גֶּבֶר ( géver , “ strong man, hero ” ) and אֵל ( ʾēl , “ God ” ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gabriēl m sg (genitive Gabriēl or Gabriēlis ) ; indeclinable , variously declined, third declension
Gabriel
Declension
Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants
→ Albanian: Gabriel
→ Catalan: Gabriel , Biel
→ Czech: Gabriel
→ Danish: Gabriel
→ Dutch: Gabriël
→ English: Gabriel
→ Faroese: Gabriel , Gabrial , Brialdur
→ Finnish: Gabriel , Kaaperi , Kaapre , Kaaprel , Kaaprelli , Kaapo
→ French: Gabriel → Alemannic German: Gaabi
→ Galician: Gabriel
→ Georgian: გაბრიელი ( gabrieli )
→ German: Gabriel
→ Greenlandic: Kaapriale , Kapriali , Kaparialli
→ Gujarati: ગેબ્રિયલ ( gebriyal )
→ Hindi: गेब्रियल ( gebriyal )
→ Hungarian: Gabór , Gábriel
→ Icelandic: Gabríel
→ Irish: Gaibrial , Gaibriéil , Gaibriél
→ Italian: Gabriele
→ Japanese: ガブリエル ( Gaburieru )
→ Kannada: ಗೇಬ್ರಿಯಲ್ ( gēbriyal )
→ Korean: 가브리엘 ( Gabeuriel )
→ Latvian: Gabriels
→ Lithuanian: Gabrielius
→ Maltese: Gabrijel
→ Norman: Gabriel
→ Norwegian: Gabriel
→ Persian: گابریل ( gâbriel )
→ Polish: Gabriel
→ Portuguese: Gabriel , Biel
→ Romanian: Gabriel
→ Serbo-Croatian: Gabrijel
→ Slovak: Gabriel
→ Slovene: Gabrijel
→ Spanish: Gabriel
→ Swedish: Gabriel , Gabrel
→ Welsh: Gabriel
References
Gabriel in Gaffiot, Félix (1934 ) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.
Norman
Proper noun
Gabriel m
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Norwegian
Proper noun
Gabriel
Gabriel ( Archangel ) .
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin Gabriēl .
Proper noun
Gabriel m pers (female equivalent Gabriela , diminutive Gabryś )
a male given name from Latin , equivalent to English Gabriel
( biblical ) Gabriel ( archangel )
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Proper noun
Gabriel f
genitive plural of Gabriela
Further reading
Gabriel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese Gabrïél .
Pronunciation
( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /ɡa.bɾiˈɛw/ , ( faster pronunciation ) /ɡaˈbɾjɛw/
( Portugal ) IPA (key ) : /ɡɐ.bɾiˈɛl/ , ( faster pronunciation ) /ɡɐˈbɾjɛl/
( Southern Portugal ) IPA (key ) : /ɡɐ.bɾiˈɛ.li/ , ( faster pronunciation ) /ɡɐˈbɾjɛ.li/
Proper noun
Gabriel m (plural Gabriéis , feminine Gabriela , feminine plural Gabrielas )
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
( Christianity , Judaism ) Gabriel ( archangel who carries messages from God )
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gabriel m pers
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɡaˈbɾjel/
Rhymes: -el
Syllabification: Ga‧briel
Proper noun
Gabriel m
Gabriel ( Archangel )
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Swedish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gabriel c (genitive Gabriels )
Gabriel ( Archangel ) .
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Gabriel .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gabriél (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜎ᜔ )
( biblical ) Gabriel
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
a surname from Spanish
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gabriel is the 108th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 54,263 individuals.
Anagrams