Given name · Russian
Гавриил
“helper of God”
Гавриил (Gavriíl) is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Gabriel.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Гавриил goes back to Hebrew גבריאל, meaning “helper of God.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Гавриил comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Church Slavonic Гаврїилъ, from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾēl).
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Гавриил’s family of names
In Russian usage, Гавриил has a diminutive in Гаврик. In Russian usage, Гавриил has a conventional equivalent in the German form Gabriel. In Russian usage, Гавриил has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Gabriele.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Гавриил has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
10 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 8
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Гавриил
- Gavrila DerzhavinRussian poet (1743-1816)
- Gavriil IlizarovSoviet physician and inventor (1921-1992)
- Gavriil KachalinRussian footballer (1911-1995)
- Gavriil GolovkinRussian diplomat (1660-1734)
- Gavriil Adrianovich TikhovSoviet astronomer1875–1960
- Gavriil Popov1st Mayor of Moscowborn 1936
- Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of RussiaRussian prince (1887–1955)
- Gavriil PopovRussian Soviet composer (1904–1972)
- Gavriil TroyepolskySoviet writer (1905–1995)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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