Given name & surname
Gabor
“God is my strength”
Gabor is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my strength.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gabor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 147
- 147 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 11 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 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1962. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,175 as a first name in 2020; 1,902 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.
Gabor’s family of names
Gabor has a related form in Gabar. Gabor has a related form in Gaber. Gabor has a related form in Gabir.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gabor has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gabor
- Gabor Kasaracing cyclistborn 1989
- Gabor SteingartGerman journalist, author and media managerborn 1962
- Gabor VajdaSoviet association football playerborn 1944
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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