Given name & surname
Gaber
“God is my strength”
Gaber is a variant of Gabor. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gaber is a variant of Gabor. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my strength.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gaber is a variant of Gabor. An origin associated with Gabor is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gaber through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,317 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gaber’s family of names
Gaber has a related form in Gabor. In English usage, Gaber as a surname has a related form in Jaber. In English usage, Gaber as a surname has a related form in HABER.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Gaber
- Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-SabahEmir of Kuwait from 1977 to 20061926–2006
- Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-SabahPrime Minister of Kuwait from 2011 to 2019 (1942–2024)
- Jabir ibn Abd AllahCompanion of Muhammad607–696
- Gaber AsfourEgyptian professor/Cairo University1944–2021
- Gaber GlavičSlovene ice hockey playerborn 1978
- Gaber DobrovoljcSlovenian footballerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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