Given name & surname
Gabriele
“man of God”·“a hero of God”·“heroine of God”
In Czech use, Gabriele is a feminine form of Gabriel. Interpretations include “man of God” (Hebrew) and “a hero of God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions. In Portuguese use, Gabriele is a variant of Gabrielle. In Hebrew use, Gabrielle carries the interpretation “heroine of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Czech use, Gabriele is a feminine form of Gabriel. Interpretations include “man of God” (Hebrew) and “a hero of God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions. In Portuguese use, Gabriele is a variant of Gabrielle. In Hebrew use, Gabrielle carries the interpretation “heroine of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Czech use, Gabriele is a feminine form of Gabriel. An origin associated with Gabriel is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German usage, Gabriele is a feminine form of Gabriel.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Czech use, Gabriele is a feminine form of Gabriel. The history of Gabriel gives this family its wider story. Gabriel appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Gabriele through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,968
- 890 boys · 2,078 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 113 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #4,592 for boys · #15,688 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 68% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,592 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,535 as a first name in 2020; 2,027 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.
Gabriele’s family of names
In German usage, Gabriele has a diminutive in Gabi. Gabriele is a feminine form of Gabriel. In German usage, Gabriele has a related form in Gabriela.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gabriele has relatives in 25 languages.
36 related names in 25 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 38
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- GabriellaLatin, Hungarian
- Gavriilequivalent
- Gavriloequivalent
- GabrelSwedish
- GavrilRomanian
- GabrialFaroese
- Gabriëlequivalent
- Gabriëlleequivalent
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- Gabrijelequivalent
- ГавриилаRussian
- ГаврилаRussian
- ГавриилRussian
- Bjelliderivative · Albanian
- Γαβριέλαfeminine form · Greek
- Gabrijelaequivalent
- גַּבְרִיאֵלequivalent
- GáborHungarian
- GábrielHungarian
- GabrielsLatvian
- גַאבְֿרֶעלYiddish
- GabríelIcelandic
- גַבְרִיאֵלHebrew
- KaurilaFinnish
- KaapriFinnish
- KaaprelliFinnish
- KaaprelFinnish
- KaapreFinnish
- KaaperiFinnish
- GauroiFinnish
- GaurilkaFinnish
- GaprialFaroese
- BrialdurFaroese
- ГавраилBulgarian
- جبريArabic
- GabrielėLithuanian
- GabríellaIcelandic
- GabríelaIcelandic
- KaapriellaFinnish
People named Gabriele
- Gabriele D'AnnunzioItalian writer, poet, playwright, soldier and politician (1863-1938)
- NenaGerman singer and actressborn 1960
- Gabriele FalloppioItalian anatomist (1523-1562)
- Gabriele MünterGerman painter (1877–1962)
- Gabriele OrialiItalian footballerborn 1952
- Gabry PonteItalian DJ and record producerborn 1973
- Gabriele AmorthItalian Roman Catholic priest and exorcist (1925–2016)
- Gabriele VenezianoItalian physicist (1942-)
- Gabriele ReinschGerman discus throwerborn 1963
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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