Given name

Gabríel

Gabríel is a masculine given name. It is used in Icelandic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Gabríel comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Gabriel.

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Gabríel’s family of names

In Icelandic usage, Gabríel has a feminine form in Gabríela. In Icelandic usage, Gabríel has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Gabriele. In Icelandic usage, Gabríel has a feminine form in Gabríella.

Walk Gabríel’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Gabríel has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

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4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Gabríel, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Latin

Gál

“rooster”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Gabinu

Gabinu is a masculine given name, possibly from Late Latin, ultimately from Classical Latin. It is used in Sardinian and Sassarese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Gallion

“cheerful man”

No U.S. birth series

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Latin

Galfredo

“peace”

No U.S. birth series

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Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Abíal

“breath, vapor; vanity”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Giobbe

Giobbe is a masculine given name. It is used in Italian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Frankish

Germán

“brother”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Gaitán

“inhabitant of Gaeta”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Gabríel’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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