Gabriel (given name)
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| Pronunciation | English: /ˈɡeɪbriəl/ GAY-bree-əl French: [ɡabʁijɛl] Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjel] |
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| Language(s) | Hebrew |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew גַבְרִיאֵל |
| Meaning | "God is my strength" |
| Region of origin | Israel |
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| Variant form(s) | |
| Nickname(s) | Gabe, Gabby |
Gabriel is a given name derived from the Hebrew name Gaḇrīʾēl (גַבְרִיאֵל) meaning "God is my strength". The name was popularized by the association with the angel Gabriel. In some rare cases it can be written as Gabryel.
The equivalent Slavic name is Gavrilo, the second of the seven archangels who conveyed God's messages to mortals.[1]
People named Gabriel
[edit]Royal houses, nobility and clergy
[edit]- Gabriel of Kakheti (died 881), Prince and Chorepiscopus of Kakheti
- Gabriel of Melitene (died c. 1102), Armenian general and ruler of Melitene
- Gabriel von Salamanca-Ortenburg (1489–1539), Spanish nobleman
- Gabriel de la Cueva, 5th Duke of Alburquerque (c. 1515–1571), Spanish nobleman and military leader
- Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery (1530–1574), French nobleman
- Gabriel de Luetz (died 1553), French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
- Gabriel de Rochechouart, 1st Duke of Mortemart (1600–1675), French nobleman
- Gabriel de Guilleragues (1628–1684), French politician
- Gabriel, 7th Duke of Aveiro (1667–1745), Spanish nobleman
- Gabriel II of Constantinople (died 1659), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- Gabriel III of Constantinople (died 1707), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- César Gabriel de Choiseul, Duke of Praslin (1712–1785), French officer, diplomat and statesman
- Infante Gabriel of Spain (1752–1788), Spanish Infante
- Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia (1887–1955), Russian prince
- Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1897–1975), Italian prince
- Prince Gabriel of Thurn and Taxis (1922–1942), German prince
- Gabriel Urgebadze (1929–1995), Georgian Orthodox monk
- Prince Gabriel of Belgium (born 2003), Belgian prince
Artists and entertainers
[edit]- Gabriel Bateman (born 2004), American actor
- Gabriel Braga Nunes (born 1972), Brazilian actor
- Gabriel Byrne (born 1950), Irish actor
- Gabriel Casaccia (1907–1980), Paraguayan novelist
- Gabriel Chevallier (1895–1969), French writer and novelist
- Gabriel o Pensador (born Gabriel Contino, 1974), Brazilian singer-songwriter and rapper
- Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (1724–1780), French artist
- Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), French composer, organist, pianist and teacher
- Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014), Colombian novelist
- Gabriel Iglesias (born 1976), American comedian and actor
- Gabriel Macht (born 1972), American actor
- Gabriel Morrissette (born 1959), Canadian illustrator
- Gabe Saporta (born 1979), Uruguayan-American musician
- Gabriel Soria (1908–1971), Mexican film director
- Gabriel von Max (1840–1915), Austrian painter
- Gabriel von Seidl (1848–1913), German architect
Athletes
[edit]- Gabriel Agbonlahor (born 1986), English football player
- Gabriel Almeida (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
- Gabriel Arteaga (born 1976), Cuban judoka
- Gabriel Bandeira (born 1999), Brazilian Paralympic swimmer
- Gabriel Barbosa (born 1996), Brazilian football player
- Gabriel Batistuta (born 1969), Argentine football player
- Gabe Cramer (born 1994), Israeli-Canadian-American baseball player
- Gabe Cupps (born 2004), American basketball player
- Gabe Davis (born 1999), American football player
- Gabriel de Moura (born 1988), Brazilian football player
- Gabriel Deck (born 1995), Argentine basketball player
- Gabriel Diallo (born 2001), Canadian tennis player
- Gabby Espinas (born 1982), Filipino basketball player
- Gabriel Eugénio Souza (born 1997), Brazilian football player
- Gabriel Favale (born 1967), Argentine football referee
- Gabriel Geay (born 1996), Tanzanian distance runner
- Gabriel Enrique Gómez (born 1984), Panamanian footballer
- Gabriel Girón (born 1988), Mexican basketball player
- Gabriel Gonzaga (born 1979), Brazilian martial artist
- Gabe Hall (born 2001), American football player
- Gabriel Hamer-Webb (born 2000), English rugby union player
- Gabriel Heinze (born 1978), Argentine football player
- Gabriel Hernández (disambiguation), several people
- Gabriel Jesus (born 1997), Brazilian football player
- Gabe Jeudy-Lally (born 2001), American football player
- Gabe Kapler (born 1975), American baseball manager
- Gabriel Landeskog (born 1992), Swedish ice hockey player
- Gabriel Lundberg (born 1994), Danish basketball player
- Gabriel Magalhães (born 1997), Brazilian football player
- Gabriel Martinelli (born 2001), Brazilian football player
- Gabriel Milito (born 1980), Argentine football player
- Gabriel Mendoza (born 1968), Chilean football player
- Gabriel Minadeo (born 1967), Argentine field hockey coach
- Gabriel Monteiro Vasconcelos (born 1996), Brazilian football player
- Gabriel Morency (born 1970), Canadian sports broadcaster
- Gabe Norwood (born 1985), Filipino basketball player
- Gabriel Obertan (born 1989), French football player
- Gabriel Olaseni (born 1992), British basketball player
- Gabriel Paulista (born 1990), Brazilian football player
- Gabriel Popescu (footballer) (born 1973), Romanian football player
- Gabriel Reis (born 1984), Brazilian water polo player
- Gabi Teichner (born 1945), Israeli basketball player
- Gabriel Varga (born 1985), Canadian kick boxer
- Gabriel (footballer, born September 1992), Brazilian football player
- Gabriel José Ferreira Mesquita (born 1998), Brazilian football player
- Gabe York (born 1993), American basketball player
Other
[edit]- Gabriel Al-Salem (1967–2010), American businessman and author
- Gabriel Aubry (born 1975), Canadian model
- Gabriel de Broglie (born 1931), French historian and politician
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), Polish physicist and engineer
- Gabriel Kaplan (born 1944), American comedian and poker player
- Gabriel Lippmann (1845–1921), Luxembourgish-French physicist and inventor
- Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973), French philosopher and playwright
- Gabriel Nkgweng, South African politician
- Gabriel I. H. Williams, Liberian journalist
- Gabriel Weston (born 1970), English surgeon, author and television presenter
Fictional characters
[edit]- Gabriel, an angel, and the main antagonist of the video game Ultrakill
- Gabriel, a crime lord, and the recurring antagonist in the third season of the 1987 TV series Beauty and the Beast
- Gabriel, the protagonist of the video game Fable: The Journey
- Gabriel, one of the missing children from Five Nights at Freddy's
- Gabriel, a recurring character on the television series Supernatural
- Gabriel the Warrior, one of the main characters in Minecraft Story Mode
- Gabriel Agreste, the main antagonist in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, and the father of Adrien Agreste
- Gabriel Allon, an Israeli Mossad agent, who is the main protagonist of a series of books by Daniel Silva
- Gabriel Angelos, one of the main characters in the video game series Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
- Gabriel Ashlocke, the main antagonist of the second series of Mutant X
- Gabriel Belmont, the protagonist of the video game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and its two sequels
- Gabriel Birid, the protagonist of the series Gabriel's Fire which was later revamped as Pros and Cons
- Gabriel Boutin, a character in Sally Green's trilogy Half Bad
- Gabriel Churchkitten, a fictional cat in the novels by Margot Austin
- Gabriel Cohuelo, also known as Velocidad
- Gabriel "Gabe" Duncan, one of the main characters in the Disney series Good Luck Charlie
- Gabriel "Gabe" Goodman, a character in the Broadway musical Next to Normal
- Grocer Gabriel, a character in the 2023 television series Rubble & Crew
- Gabriel Gray, the real name of the character Sylar, from the television series Heroes
- Gabriel 'Gabe' Jones, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics, and a member of the Howling Commandos
- The title character of Gabriel Knight, a PC game series
- Gabriel Lawrence, a character from the Ghost Whisperer
- Gabe Lewis, one of the supporting characters from The Office
- Gabriel Logan, the protagonist of the video game series Syphon Filter
- Gabriel May, the female protagonist's evil parasitic twin in James Wan's 2021 supernatural horror movie Malignant
- Gabriel Oak, one of the protagonists from Thomas Hardy novel Far from the Madding Crowd
- Gabriel Reyes, a playable character in the video game, Overwatch, under the alias "Reaper"
- Gabriel Rorke, the main antagonist of the video game Call of Duty: Ghosts
- Gabriel Santiago, a fictional character in the Android: Netrunner universe
- Gabriel Santoro, of the novel Third and Indiana
- Gabriel Stokes, a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead and the TV series of the same name
- Gabriel Summers, a Marvel Comics villain better known as Vulcan
- Gabriel Tenma White, a character from Gabriel Dropout
- Gabriel "Gabe" Ugliano, the protagonist's stepfather from Percy Jackson & the Olympians
- Gabriel Van Helsing, the protagonist of the 2004 film Van Helsing
- Gabriel Vaughn, the protagonist of the 2014 TV series Intelligence
- Gabriel, the baby protected by Jonas in The Giver
References
[edit]- ^ "Na popisu najpopularnijih muških imena samo su četiri sa sedam slova. Evo koja". www.index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-09-22.
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles beginning with Gabriel
- Gabriela (disambiguation)
- Gabriella (disambiguation)
- Gibril (disambiguation)
- Jibril (disambiguation)
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