Gabriel (name)
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For other uses, see Gabriel (disambiguation).
| Gabriel | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | Spanish: [ˈɡabriel] |
| 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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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
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In other languages[edit]
- Arabic: جِبْريل (Jibrīl) جَبْرائيل (Jabrā'īl)
- Azerbaijani: Cəbrayıl
- Belarusian: Гаўрыіл (Haŭryil)
- Bosnian: Gabriel, Džibril
- Bulgarian: Гавраил (Gavrail), Гавриил (Gavriil), Гаврило (Gavrilo)
- Catalan: Gabriel, Biel
- Czech: Gabriel
- Dutch: Gabriël
- Esperanto: Gabrielo
- French: Gabriel
- Georgian: გაბრიელი (Gabrieli)
- Greek: Γαβριήλ (Gabriel)
- Hebrew language: גַּבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el, Gavriel)
- Hungarian: Gábriel, Gábor
- Icelandic: Gabríel
- Irish: Gaibrial, Gaibriéil, Gaibriél
- Italian: Gabriele
- Japanese: ガブリエル (Gaburieru)
- Korean: 가브리엘 (Gabriel)
- Kurdish: Cebraîl
- Latvian: Gabriels
- Lithuanian: Gabrielius
- Macedonian: Гаврил (Gavril)
- Maltese: Gabrijel
- Polish: Gabriel
- Portuguese: Gabriel (masculine), Gabriela, Gabrielle (feminine), Biel (masculine nickname), Gabi (feminine nickname)
- Romanian: Gabriel, Gabi, Gavriil
- Russian: Гавриил (Gavriil), Гаврил (Gavril), Гаврила (Gavrila); diminutives: Gavrik, Gavryusha
- Serbian: Гаврило (Gavrilo); diminutives: Гаша (Gaša), Гавро (Gavro), Гајо (Gajo)
- Slovak: Gabriel, Gabo
- Spanish: Gabriel
- Swedish: Gabriel
- Syriac: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ (Gebrael or Gabriel)
- Turkish: Cebrâîl, Cebrail
Famous people named Gabriel[edit]
- Arts
- Gabe Saporta (born 1979), Uruguayan-American musician
- Gabriel Braga Nunes (born 1972), Brazilian actor
- Gabriel Byrne (born 1950), Irish actor
- Gabriel Contino (born 1974), also known by his stage name Gabriel o Pensador; Brazilian singer-songwriter and rapper
- Gabriel Chevallier (1895–1969), French writer and novelist
- Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), late-Romantic French composer
- Gabriel Hernández (singer) (born 1979), singer, member of the band No Mercy
- Gabriel Iglesias (born 1976), Mexican-American comedian
- Gabriel Macht (born 1972), American actor
- Gabriel García Márquez (born 1927), Colombian novelist, Nobel Prize in literature 1982
- Gabriel Morrissette (born 1959), Canadian illustrator
- Sports
- Gabriel Agbonlahor (born 1986), English footballer
- Gabriel Arteaga (born 1976), Cuban judoka
- Gabriel Batistuta (born 1969), Argentine footballer
- Gabriel Favale (born 1967), Argentine football referee
- Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
- Gabriel Enrique Gómez (1984), Panamanian footballer
- Gabriel Gonzaga (born 1979), Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and UFC fighter
- Gabriel Heinze (born 1978), Argentine footballer
- Gabriel Hernández (athlete) (born 1949), Mexican track and field athlete
- Gabriel Hernández (boxer) (1973–2001), Dominican Republic boxer
- Carlos Gabriel Hernández, Guatemalan cyclist
- Gabriel Landeskog (born 1992), Swedish ice hockey player
- Gabriel Milito (born 1980), Argentine footballer
- Gabriel Mendoza (born 1968), Chilean footballer
- Gabriel Minadeo (born 1967), Argentine field hockey player and coach
- Gabriel Morency (born 1970), Canadian sports broadcaster
- Gabriel Obertan (born 1989), French footballer
- Gabriel Popescu (born 1973), Romanian footballer
- Gabriel Reis (born 1984), Brazilian water polo player
- Gabriel Varga (born 1985), Canadian kickboxer
- Others
- Gabriel Kaplan (born 1944), American comedian and poker player
- Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973), French philosopher
- Gabriel Prosser (1776–1800), leader of a slave rebellion in the United States
- Gabriel I. H. Williams, Liberian journalist
- Gabriel J.A. Aguilar, Aerospace Engineer
Fictional characters named Gabriel[edit]
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- Gabriel Santoro of Third and Indiana
- Gabriel, the protagonist of Fable: The Journey
