Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek
Γαβριήλ
“man of God, strength of God”
Γαβριήλ (Gavriíl) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Greek and Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Gabriel.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Γαβριήλ goes back to Biblical Hebrew גבריאל, meaning “man of God, strength of God.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Γαβριήλ comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ, from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾēl).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Γαβριήλ’s family of names
In Greek usage, Γαβριήλ has a feminine form in Γαβριέλα. Γαβριήλ has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Gabriel. In Ancient Greek usage, Γαβριήλ can be written in the Roman alphabet as Gabrīḗl.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Γαβριήλ has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Γαβριήλ comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- GabrielPolish, English
- Gavrielequivalent
- Gavriloderivative · Serbo-Croatian
- Gavrilderivative · Romanian
- ГавриилRussian
- Гаврилоderivative · Ukrainian
- Գաբրիէլborrowing · Classical Armenian
- Γαβριέλαfeminine form · Greek
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People named Γαβριήλ
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