Given name
Gavriel
“God is my strength”
Gavriel is used as a given name. 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 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gavriel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,059
- 2,054 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 115 babies
- 2025
- 115
- #1,514 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 115 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,514 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 14.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (31). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,566 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gavriel’s family of names
Gavriel has a related form in Gavril. Gavriel has a related form in Gavi. Gavriel has a related form in Gavea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 21
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
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 Gavriel
- Gabriel SakellaridisGreek politicianborn 1980
- Gabi KanichowskyIsraeli association footballerborn 1997
- Gavriel CohenIsraeli politician (1928–2021)
- Gabriel SeverusGreek scholar1541–1616
- Gavriel Salomonpsychologist (1938–2016)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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