Gabriel (given name)
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| Pronunciation | /ɡeɪbriːəl/ French: [ɡabʁiɛl] Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjel] |
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| Gender | Usually male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | hero of God |
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| Related names | Gabe (nickname), Gabbie, Gabriele, Gabrielle, Gabriela, Gabriella |
Gabriel (Hebrew: גַבְרִיאֵל) is a given name derived from the Hebrew name "Gabriel" meaning "God is my strength" (see also "God is my judge" cf. Daniel). It was popularized by the association with the Biblical angel Gabriel.
In other languages
- Afrikaans: Gabriël
- Albanian: Xhebraili, Gabriel, Gavril
- Arabic: جِبْريل (Jibrīl) جَبْرائيل (Jabrā'īl) gabr
- Azerbaijani: Cəbrayıl
- Belarusian: Гаўрыіл (Haŭryil)
- Bengali: জিবরাঈল (Jiboraeel), জিব্রাঈল (Jibraeel), জিবরীল (Jiboreel), জিব্রীল (Jibreel), জিব্রাঈল (Zibraeel)
- Bosnian: Gabriel, Džibril
- Bulgarian: Гавраил (Gavrail), Гаврил (Gavril)
- Catalan: Gabriel, Biel
- Chinese Simplified: 加布里埃尔 (Jiābùlǐ āi ěr)
- Chinese Traditional: 加布里埃爾 (Jiābùlǐ āi ěr)
- Chinese(HK) Traditional: 加百列 (Gar-Bard-Lid)
- Croatian: Gabrijel
- Czech: Gabriel
- Danish: Gabriel
- Dutch: Gabriël
- Esperanto: Gabrielo
- Ethiopia: ገብርኤልና
- Finland: Gabriel
- French: Gabriel
- Galician: Gabriel
- Georgian: გაბრიელი (Gabrieli)
- German: Gabriel (masculine), Gabriele (feminine), Gabi (feminine nickname)
- Greek: Γαβριήλ (Gabriel)
- Gujarati: ગેબ્રિયલ (Gēbriyala)
- Hebrew language: גַּבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el, Gavriel)
- Hindi: गेब्रियल (Gēbriyala)
- Hungarian: Gábriel, Gábor
- Icelandic: Gabríel
- Indonesian: Jibril
- Irish: Gaibrial, Gaibriéil, Gaibriél
- Italian: Gabriele (masculine), Gabriella (feminine)
- Japanese: ガブリエル (Gaburieru)
- Kannada: ಗೇಬ್ರಿಯಲ್ (Gēbriyal)
- Kapampangan: Gabriel
- Korean: 가브리엘 (Gabriel)
- Kurdish: Cebraîl
- Latin: Gabriel
- Latvian: Gabriels
- Lithuanian: Gabrielius
- Macedonian: Гаврил (Gavril)
- Maltese: Gabrijel
- Norwegian: Gabriel
- Persian: جبرئيل (Jebreīl)
- Tagalog: Gabriel
- 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
- Somali: Jibriil gabr
- Spanish: Gabriel, Gabo
- Swedish: Gabriel
- Sylheti: জিব্রাঈল (Zibrail, Jibrail), জিব্রীল (Zibril, Jibril)
- Syriac: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ (Gebrael or Gabriel)
- Tamil: கேப்ரியல் (Kēpriyal)
- Telugu: గాబ్రియేల్ (Gābriyēl)
- Turkish: Cebrâîl, Cebrail
- Ukrainian: Гаврило (Havrylo)
- Urdu: جبرائیل
- Yiddish: גאַבריעל (Gʼabryʻl)
- Welsh: Gabriel
People named Gabriel
Royal houses, nobility and clergy
- Gabriel of Kakheti (died 881), Prince and chorepiscopus (bishop) of Kakheti
- Gabriel of Melitene (died 1102), ruler of Melitene
- Patriarch Gabriel II of Constantinople (died 1659)
- Patriarch Gabriel III of Constantinople (reigned 1702–1707)
- Infante Gabriel of Spain (1752-1788)
- Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia (1887-1955)
- Prince Gabriel of Belgium (born 2003)
- Prince Gabriel, Duke of Dalarna
- Prince Gabriel of Nassau, son of Prince Louis of Luxembourg.
- Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
- Prince Gabriel of Thurn and Taxis
- Gabriel, comte de Montgomery
- Gabriel de Guilleragues
- Gabriel de Broglie
- Gabriel de Rochechouart de Mortemart
- Gabriel de Luetz
- Gabriel de la Cueva, 5th Duke of Alburquerque
- Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
- Gabriel of Lencastre, 7th Duke of Aveiro
- César Gabriel de Choiseul
- Gabriel von Salamanca-Ortenburg
- Gabriel von Max
- Gabriel von Seidl
- Gabriel (archimandrite), a Georgian religious figure of the twentieth century
Artists and entertainers
- Gabriel Byrne (born 1950), Irish actor
- Gabriel Casaccia (1907–1980), Paraguayan novelist
- Gabriel Chevallier (1895–1969), French writer and novelist
- Gabriel Contino (born 1974), stage name Gabriel o Pensador, Brazilian singer-songwriter and rapper
- 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
- Gabriel Braga Nunes (born 1972), Brazilian actor
- Gabe Saporta (born 1979), Uruguayan-American musician
Athletes
- Gabriel Agbonlahor (born 1986), English footballer
- Gabriel Arteaga (born 1976), Cuban judoka
- Gabriel Barbosa (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
- Gabriel Batistuta (born 1969), Argentine footballer
- Gabriel Cramer (born 1994), American baseball player
- Gabriel Deck (born 1995), Argentine basketball player
- Gabby Espinas (born 1982), Filipino basketball player
- Gabriel Favale (born 1967), Argentine football referee
- Gabriel Enrique Gómez (1984), Panamanian footballer
- Gabriel Girón (born 1988), Mexican basketball player
- Gabriel Gonzaga (born 1979), Brazilian jiu-jitsu and UFC fighter
- Gabriel Heinze (born 1978), Argentine footballer
- Gabriel Hernández (disambiguation), several athletes with one exception
- Gabriel Hernández (boxer) (1973–2001), Dominican Republic boxer
- Gabriel Jesus (born 1997), Brazilian footballer
- Gabriel "Gabe" Kapler (born 1975), American major league baseball outfielder and manager
- 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
- Gabe Norwood (born 1985), Filipino basketball player
- Gabriel Obertan (born 1989), French footballer
- Gabriel Olaseni (born 1992), British basketball player
- Gabriel Paulista (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
- Gabriel Popescu (born 1973), French footballer
- Gabriel Reis (born 1984), Brazilian water polo player
- Gabriel Eugénio Souza (born 1997), Brazilian footballer
- Gabriel Varga (born 1985), Canadian kick boxer
- Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
Other
- Gabriel Al-Salem (1967–2010), American businessman and author
- Gabriel Aubry (born 1975), Canadian model
- Gabriel García Marquez, Literature Nobel
- Gabriel Kaplan (born 1944), American comedian and poker player
- Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973), French philosopher
- Gabe Newell (born 1962), co-founder and managing director of video game development and online distribution company Valve Corporation.
- Gabriel Smith (1776–1800), leader of a slave rebellion in the United States
- Gabriel I. H. Williams, Liberian journalist
- Gabriel Weston (born 1970), English female surgeon, author and television presenter
- Gavrilo Princip (1894-1918), Bosnian assassin of Archduke Ferdinand, reputed to have started World War One.
Fictional characters
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- Gabriel the Warrior, one of the main characters in Minecraft Story Mode
- Gabriel Oak, one of the protagonists from Thomas Hardy novel Far from the Madding Crowd
- The title character of Gabriel Knight, a PC game series
- Gabriel, the protagonist of the video game Fable: The Journey
- Gabriel Angelos, one of the main characters in the video game series Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
- Gabriel Logan, the protagonist of the video game series Syphon Filter
- Gabriel Rorke, the antagonist of the video game Call of Duty: Ghosts
- Gabriel Santoro, of the novel Third and Indiana
- Gabriel Summers, a Marvel Comics villain better known as Vulcan
- Gabriel, a recurring character on the television series Supernatural
- Gabriel, the actual name of Halloween, protagonist of the novel Idlewild by Nick Sagan
- Gabriel Vaughn, the protagonist of the 2014 TV series Intelligence
- Gabriel Van Helsing, the protagonist of the 2004 film Van Helsing
- Gabriel Belmont, the protagonist of the video game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and its two sequels
- Gabriel "Gabe" Duncan, one of the main characters in the Disney series Good Luck Charlie
- Gabriel Gray, the real name of the character Sylar, from the television series Heroes
- Gabriel Birid, the protagonist of the series Gabriel's Fire which was later revamped as Pros and Cons
- Gabriel 'Gabe' Jones, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics, and a member of the Howling Commandos
- Gabriel Stokes, a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead and the television series of the same name
- Gabriel Allon, an Israeli Mossad agent, who is the main protagonist of a series of books by Daniel Silva
- Gabriel Santiago, a fictional character in the Android: Netrunner universe
- Gabriel Ashlocke, the main antagonist of the second series of Mutant X
- Gabriel Cohuelo, also known as Velocidad
- Gabriel Churchkitten, a fictional cat in the novels by Margot Austin
- Gabriel, a crime lord, and the recurring antagonist in the third season of the 1987 TV series Beauty and the Beast
- Gabe Lewis, one of the supporting characters from The Office
- Gabriel Reyes, a playable character in the video game, Overwatch, under the alias, "Reaper".
- Gabriel "Gabe" Goodman, a character in the Broadway musical Next to Normal
- Gabriel Boutin, a character in Sally Green triology Half Bad
- Gabriel Tenma White, a character from Gabriel Dropout
- Gabriel Shepherd, a character from Marvel Comics [1]
See also
- Gabriela (disambiguation)
- Gabriella (disambiguation)
- Gibril (disambiguation)
- Jibril (disambiguation)
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