Given name · Ukrainian · rsk
Гавриїл
“man of God”
Гавриїл (Havrijil) is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Pannonian Rusyn.
Ukrainian and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Gabriel.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Гавриїл goes back to Ancient Greek Γαβριήλ, meaning “man of God.”
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Where it comes from
Гавриїл comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From Old Church Slavonic Гавриїлъ, from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾēl).
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Гавриїл’s family of names
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Гавриїл shares an earlier linguistic root with Ґабор. In Ukrainian usage, Гавриїл has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Gabriel. In Ukrainian usage, Гавриїл has a transliteration in Gavriїl.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Гавриїл has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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