Gabriel (name)
For other uses, see Gabriel (disambiguation).
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| Pronunciation |
/ɡeɪbriːəl/ French pronunciation: [ɡabʁiɛl] Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjel] |
| Gender | Masculine |
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| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | "Able-bodied one of God"; or "messenger of God" |
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Gabriel (Hebrew: גַבְרִיאֵל) is a given name or surname derived from the Hebrew name "Gabriel" meaning "God is my strength". It was popularized by the association with the Biblical archangel Gabriel.
In other languages
- Albanian: Xhebraili
- Arabic: جِبْريل (Jibrīl) جَبْرائيل (Jabrā'īl)
- Azerbaijani: Cəbrayıl
- Belarusian: Гаўрыіл (Haŭryil)
- Bosnian: Gabriel, Džibril
- Bulgarian: Гавраил (Gavrail), Гавриил (Gavriil), Гаврило (Gavrilo)
- Catalan: Gabriel, Biel
- Chinese Simplified: 加布里埃尔 (Jiābùlǐ āi ěr)
- Chinese Traditional: 加布里埃爾 (Jiābùlǐ āi ěr)
- Croatian: Gabrijel
- Czech: Gabriel
- Danish: Gabriel
- Dutch: Gabriël
- Esperanto: Gabrielo
- Finland: Gabriel
- French: Gabriel
- Galician: Gabriel
- Georgian: გაბრიელი (Gabrieli)
- 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, Gabeuliel)
- 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
- Spanish: Gabriel
- Catalan: Gabriel, Biel
- Swedish: Gabriel
- Syriac: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ (Gebrael or Gabriel)
- Tamil: கேப்ரியல் (Kēpriyal)
- Telugu: గాబ్రియేల్ (Gābriyēl)
- Turkish: Cebrâîl, Cebrail
- Ukrainian: Гавриїл (Havryyil)
- Urdu: جبرائیل
- Yiddish: גאַבריעל (Gʼabryʻl)
- Welsh: Gabriel
People named Gabriel
Rulers, aristocrats and religious figures
- 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)
- Gabriel (archimandrite), a Georgian religious figure of the twentieth century
Artists and entertainers
- Gabriel Byrne (born 1950), Irish actor
- 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 Soprinye Halliday (born 1988), Nigerian singer and record producer
- 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 Batistuta (born 1969), Argentine footballer
- 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 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 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 Paulista (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
- Gabriel Popescu (born 1973), French footballer
- Gabriel Reis (born 1984), Brazilian water polo player
- Gabriel Varga (born 1985), Canadian kickboxer
- Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
Other
- Gabriel Aubry (born 1975), Canadian model
- 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
Fictional characters
- 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 game series 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 Intelligence (TV series)
- Gabriel Van Helsing, the protagonist of Van Helsing (film)
- Gabriel Belmont, the protagonist of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
- Gabriel "Gabe" Duncun, one of the main characters in the Disney series Good Luck Charlie
- Gabriel Gray, the real name of the character Skylar, from the television series Heroes (TV series)
- Gabriel Birid, the protagonist of the series Gabriel's Fire witch was later revamped as Pros and Cons (TV Series)
- Gabriel 'Gabe' Jones, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics, and a member of the Howling Commandos
- Gabriel Stokes a main character on the The Walking Dead
- 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 (comics)
- Gabriel Churchkitten, a fictional cat in the novels by Margot Austin
- Gabriel, a crime lord, and the recurring antagonist in the third season of Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)
- Gabe Lewis, one of the supporting characters from The Office
See also
- Gabriela (disambiguation)
- Gabriella (disambiguation)
- Gibril (disambiguation)
- Jibril (disambiguation)
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