Gabriela (given name)

Gabriela

Gender	feminine
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	"able-bodied one of God"; or "messenger of God"
Other names
Related names	Gabriella, Gabriel, Gabriele, Gabrielė, Gabrielle, Gabbie, Gabe

Gabriela is the Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Latvian, Polish and Bulgarian feminine form of the Hebrew name Gabriel.

List of people with the given name Gabriela

Entertainment

• Gabriela Anders (born 1972), Argentine singer and pianist
• Gabriela Barros Tapia (born 1980), model and winner of Miss Chile Universe 2004 beauty pageant
• Gabriela Beňačková (born 1947), Slovak soprano opera singer
• Gabriela Böhm (born 1964), Argentinian independent documentary filmmaker
• Monique Gabriela Curnen (born 1970), American film and television actress
• Gabriela Duarte (born 1974), Brazilian actress
• Maria Gabriela de Faría Chacón (born 1992), Venezuelan television actress and singer
• Gabriela Flores, Argentine television and film actress
• Gabriela Lena Frank (born 1972), American composer of contemporary classical music and pianist
• Gabriela Frías (born 1971), Mexican journalist and business anchor for CNN en Español and host of En Efectivo
• Gabriela Irimia (born 1982), Romanian singer and member of pop music duo The Cheeky Girls with her twin sister Monica
• Gabriela Isler (born 1988), Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 2013
• Gabriela Kownacka (1952–2010), Polish television, film and theatre actress
• Gabriela Kulka (born 1979), Polish musician
• Gabriela Markus (born 1988), Brazilian model
• Gabriela Montero (born 1970), Venezuelan-American pianist
• Gabriela Moyseowicz (born 1944), Polish composer and pianist
• Gabriela N (born 1993), Maltese singer/songwriter
• Gabriela Ortiz (born 1964), Mexican music educator and composer
• Gabriela Palacio Díaz de León (born 1989), Mexican winner of the 2010 Nuestra Belleza Internacional México beauty pageant
• Gabriela Quintero, Mexican guitarist of the duo Rodrigo y Gabriela
• Gabriela Robin, pseudonym of musician Yoko Kanno
• Gabriela Scherer (born 1981), Swiss mezzo-soprano opera singer
• Gabriela Spanic Utrera (born 1973), Venezuelan actress
• Cecilia Gabriela Vera Sandoval (born 1961), Mexican actress
• Gabriela Vergara Aranguren (born 1974), Venezuelan model and telenovela actress
• Gabriela Villalba (born 1985), Ecuadorian singer and actress

Politics and history

• Gabriela Crețu (born 1965), Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Party of European Socialists
• Gabriela Cuevas Barron (born 1979), Mexican politician with the National Action Party (PAN) who has served as a federal deputy of the Mexican Congress from 2000 to 2003 and 2009 to 2012
• Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska (1971–2010), Macedonian politician who served as the country's Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs from 2006 until 2008
• Gabriela Masłowska (born 1950), Polish politician and member of Sejm from 2001 to 2007
• Gabriela Ngirmang (1922–2007), Palauan peace and anti-nuclear activist
• Gabriela Rosa (born 1966), American politician
• Gabriela Shalev (born 1941), Israeli ambassador to the United Nations from 2008 to 2011
• María Josefa Gabriela Silang (1731–1763), wife of Ilocano insurgent leader Diego Silang in the Philippines
• Gabriela Silva Leite, Brazilian retired prostitute, sociologist and founder of NGO Davida
• Archduchess Gabriela von Habsburg (born 1956), Georgian ambassador to Germany

Sports

• Gabriela Andersen-Schiess (b. 1945), Swiss long-distance runner
• Gabriela Dabrowski (b. 1992), Canadian tennis player
• Gabriela Drăgoi (b. 1992), Romanian artistic gymnast
• Gabriela Grillo (b. 1952), German equestrian
• Gabriela Liz (b. 1961), field hockey player from Argentina
• Gabriela Marginean (b. 1987), Romanian professional basketball player
• Gabriela Medina Solórzano (b. 1985), Mexican sprinter
• Gabriela Navrátilová (b. 1976), tennis player from the Czech Republic
• Gabriela Ņikitina (b. 1994), Latvian swimmer
• Gabriela Paz Franco (b. 1991), Venezuelan tennis player
• Gabriela Pando (b. 1970), Argentine field hockey player
• Gabriela Pérez del Solar Cuculiza (b. 1968), Peruvian volleyball player
• Gabriela Potorac (b. 1973), Romanian artistic gymnast
• Gabriela Sabatini (b. 1970), Argentine tennis player
• Gabriela Stacherová (b. 1980), Slovak slalom canoer who
• Gabriela Svobodová (b. 1953), Czech cross country skier
• Gabriela Szabo (b. 1975), Romanian track and field athlete
• Gabriela Trușcă (b. 1957), Romanian artistic gymnast and coach
• María Gabriela Pazos (b. 1967), Argentine field hockey player
• Gabriela Sánchez Grossi (b. 1962), Argentine field hockey player

Literature and art

• Gabriela Adameșteanu (born 1942), Romanian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and translator
• Gabriela Brimmer (1947–2000), Mexican writer and activist for people with disabilities who were born with cerebral palsy
• Gabriela Bustelo (born 1962), Spanish neorealist novelist and translator
• Gabriela Dauerer (born 1958), German painter
• Gabríela Friðriksdóttir (born 1971), Icelandic artist and sculptor
• Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, feminist and winner of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature
  • Gabriela Mistral Inter-American Prize for Culture, award by the Organization of American States from 1979 to 2000 in her memory
• Gabriela Preissová (1862–1946), pen name of Matylda Dumontová, Czech writer and playwright
• Maria Gabriela Stefania Korwin-Piotrowska (1857–1921), known as Gabriela Zapolska, Polish novelist, playwright, and stage actress

Science

• Gabriela Basařová (1934–2019), professor of chemistry who researched fermentation chemistry, brewing, and malting

See also

• Gabriella (given name)