Gabriel (name)
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| Gabriel | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Masculine |
| Origin | |
| Word/Name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | "Able-bodied one of God"; or "messenger of God" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Gabriele, Gabrielle, Gabriela, Gabriella, Gabe, Gabbie |
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For other uses, see Gabriel (disambiguation).
Gabriel (Hebrew: גַבְרִיאֵל) is a given name or surname derived from the Hebrew name "Gabriel" meaning "able-bodied one of God". It was popularized by the association with the Biblical archangel Gabriel.
The following people are known primarily by their first name Gabriel:
- Patriarch Gabriel II of Constantinople, known also as New Hieromartyr Gabriel, Metropolitan of Prousa, died 1659
- Patriarch Gabriel III of Constantinople, reigned 1702-1707
- Gabriel (archimandrite), a Georgian religious figure of the twentieth century
- The nom de plume of cartoonist Jimmy Freill
[edit] In other languages
- Arabic: جِبْريل (Jibrīl) جَبْرائيل (Jabrā'īl)
- Azerbaijani: Cəbrayıl
- Belarusian: Гаўрыіл (Haŭryil)
- Bosnian: Gabriel, Džibril
- Bulgarian: Гавраил (Gavrail), Гавриил (Gavriil), Гаврило (Gavrilo)
- Czech: Gabriel
- Dutch: Gabriël
- Esperanto: Gabrielo
- French: Gabriel
- Georgian: გაბრიელი (Gabrieli)
- Greek: Γαβριήλ (Gavriil)
- Hungarian: Gábriel, Gábor
- Irish: Gaibrial, Gaibriéil, Gaibriél
- Italian: Gabriele
- Kurdish: Cebraîl
- Latvian: Gabriels
- Lithuanian: Gabrielius
- Macedonian: Гаврил (Gavril)
- Maltese: Gabrijel
- Polish: Gabriel
- Portuguese: Gabriel
- Romanian: Gabriel, Gabi, Gavriil
- Russian: Гавриил (Gavriil), Гаврил (Gavril), Гаврила (Gavrila); diminutives: Gavrik, Gavryusha
- Serbian: Гаврило (Gavrilo)
- Slovak: Gabriel, Gabo
- Spanish: Gabriel
- Syriac: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ (Gebrael or Gabriel)
- Turkish: Cebrâîl, Cebrail
