Gabriel

From Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God, deity”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-. Doublet of Jibril.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪbɹi.əl/

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Gabriel

1. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:

     Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel or Michael, giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.

   • 1986, Paul Bailey, Gabriel's Lament, Viking, published 1987, →ISBN, page 20:

     "I'm the only Gabriel in the whole school," I told my father. "You don't have to whisper it from the tomb, lad. You should thank your mother and me for giving you a handle that people notice. You ought to be pleased, not down in the dumps. Backstreet Gabriels aren't bumped into on every corner, remember.

2. An archangel associated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 9:21:
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     Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:26:
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     And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

3. A surname originating as a patronymic.

• San Gabriel
• Stoke Gabriel

• pet form: Gabe
• female given names: Gabriela, Gabriella, Gabrielle

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡə.βɾiˈɛl]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡə.bɾiˈɛl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ɡa.bɾiˈɛl]
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Gabriel m

1. Gabriel

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡabrɪjɛl]

Gabriel m anim

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel)
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

Gabriel m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Gabriel: Gabrielsson
• daughter of Gabriel: Gabrielsdóttir

From Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑ(ː)briel/, [ˈɡɑ̝(ː)brie̞l]
• Rhymes: -ɑbriel
• Syllabification^(key): Gab‧ri‧el

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel)
2. a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

• male given names: Kaapo, Kaapro

• Gabriel is the 368^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 858 male individuals (and as a middle name to 3,200 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs to 5 female individuals (and as a middle name to 13 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.bʁi.jɛl/

Gabriel m

1. Gabriel (Archangel)
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

• female given name: Gabrielle

• → Alemannic German: Gaabi

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaːbʀiˌeːl]

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• Hyphenation: Ga‧bri‧el

Gabriel

1. (biblical) Gabriel (Archangel)
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

• feminine form: Gabriele

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (Gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.bri.eːl/, [ˈɡäbrieːɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.bri.el/, [ˈɡäːbriel]

Gabriēl m sg (variously declined, genitive Gabriēl or Gabriēlis); indeclinable, third declension

1. Gabriel

Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.

• Gabriel in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Gabriel m

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel).
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.brjɛl/

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• Rhymes: -abrjɛl
• Syllabification: Ga‧briel

Learned borrowing from Latin Gabriēl.

Gabriel m pers (female equivalent Gabriela, diminutive Gabryś)

1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel
2. (biblical) Gabriel (archangel)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Gabriel f

1. genitive plural of Gabriela

• Gabriel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Old Galician-Portuguese Gabrïél.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
• Hyphenation: Ga‧bri‧el

Gabriel m (plural Gabriéis)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
2. (Christianity, Judaism) Gabriel (archangel who carries messages from God)

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡabri̯el]

Gabriel m anim (genitive singular Gabriela, nominative plural Gabrielovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

• “Gabriel”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈbɾjel/ [ɡaˈβ̞ɾjel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: Ga‧briel

Gabriel m

1. Gabriel (Archangel)
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

• nickname: Gabo, Gabi
• female given name: Gabriela

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑːbrɪɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

Gabriel c (genitive Gabriels)

1. Gabriel (Archangel).
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

• Gabi (diminutive)
• Gabo (diminutive)

• female given name: Gabriella

Borrowed from Spanish Gabriel.

• IPA^(key): /ɡabɾiˈel/, [ɡɐbˈɾjɛl]
• Hyphenation: Gab‧ri‧el

Gabriél (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜎ᜔)

1. (biblical) Gabriel
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
3. a surname from Spanish

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gabriel is the 108th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 54,263 individuals.