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-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪbɹi.əl/

Gabriel

1. A male given name.
   • 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 (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), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 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), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 1:26:

     :

     And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

3. A patronymic surname​.

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

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ɡə.bɾiˈɛl/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.bɾiˈɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Gabriel m

1. Gabriel

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡabrɪɛl]

Gabriel m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel.

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel)
2. A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel.

Gabriel m

1. A male given name.

Patronymics

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

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel)
2. A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel.

• male given names: Kaapo, Kaapro

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.bʁi.jɛl/

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel).
2. A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel.

• female given name: Gabrielle

• → Alemannic German: Gaabi

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaːbʀiˌeːl]

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• Hyphenation: Ga‧bri‧el

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel)
2. A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel

• feminine form: Gabriele

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.bri.eːl/, [ˈɡa.bri.eːɫ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.bri.el/, [ˈɡaː.bri.el]

Gabriēl m (indeclinable)

1. Gabriel

• Gabriel in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Gabriel m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel.

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel).
2. A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡab.rʲjɛl/

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Gabriel m pers (diminutive Gabryś)

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel.
2. Gabriel (archangel)

Gabriel f pl

1. genitive plural of Gabriela

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɡa.bɾi.ˈɛw/

Gabriel m

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡabriɛɫ/

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

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel.

• Gabriel in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈbɾjel/, [ɡaˈβɾjel]

Gabriel (m)

1. Gabriel (Archangel).
2. A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel.

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑːbrɪɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Gabriel c (genitive Gabriels)

1. Gabriel (Archangel).
2. A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel.

• female given name: Gabriella

From Spanish.

Gabriel

1. (biblical) Gabriel
2. A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel
3. A surname​.

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

• Gabriela; Gabrielle (female name)