Gabriel

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God, deity”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-. Doublet of Jibril. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪ.bɹi.əl/ === Proper noun === Gabriel A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew]. 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212: Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel or Michael, giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality. An archangel associated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God. : Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. : And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, A surname originating as a patronymic. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ɡə.βɾiˈe̞l] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ɡə.bɾiˈɛl] IPA(key): (Central) [ɡə.βɾiˈɛl] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ɡa.bɾiˈɛl] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ɡa.βɾiˈɛl] Rhymes: -ɛl === Proper noun === Gabriel m a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel (biblical) Gabriel (archangel) == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡabrɪjɛl] === Proper noun === Gabriel m anim a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel (biblical) Gabriel (archangel) ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === Gabriel m anim (female equivalent Gabrielová) a male surname, feminine equivalent Gabrielová ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Gabriel”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech) == Danish == === Proper noun === Gabriel (m) a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel (biblical) Gabriel (archangel) == Faroese == === Proper noun === Gabriel m a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel (biblical) Gabriel (archangel) ==== Usage notes ==== Patronymics Gabriel's son: Gabrielsson Gabriel's daughter: Gabrielsdóttir ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, literally “God is my strong man, God is my hero”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɑ(ː)briel/, [ˈɡɑ̝(ː)brie̞l] Rhymes: -ɑbriel Syllabification(key): Gab‧ri‧el Hyphenation(key): Gab‧ri‧el === Proper noun === Gabriel a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel (biblical) Gabriel (archangel) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== Gabriel is the 345th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,045 male individuals (and as a middle name to 3,463 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs to 6 female individuals (and as a middle name to 16 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References === == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡa.bʁi.jɛl/ === Proper noun === Gabriel m a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Gabrielle, equivalent to English Gabriel (biblical) Gabriel (archangel) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Alemannic German: Gaabi == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡaː.bʁiˌeːl] Hyphenation: Ga‧bri‧el === Proper noun === Gabriel m (proper noun, strong, genitive Gabriels) a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Gabriele, equivalent to English Gabriel (biblical) Gabriel (archangel) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (Gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ɡabˈriɛl/ [ɡap̚ˈri.ɛl] Rhymes: -ɛl Syllabification: Gab‧ri‧el === Proper noun === Gabriel a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew]. Gabriel (an archangel associated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God) === Further reading === “Gabriel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (Gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡaˈbriː.eːɫ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡaˈbriː.el] Scanned as a molossus in Prudentius. Moreover, it was perhaps pronounced with final accent in late Latin. === Proper noun === Gabrīēl m sg (genitive Gabrīēl or Gabrīēlis); indeclinable, variously declined, third declension a male given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel (biblical) Gabriel (archangel) ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Gabriel”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Norman == === Proper noun === Gabriel m a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel (biblical) Gabriel (archangel) == Norwegian == === Proper noun === Gabriel a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel (biblical) Gabriel (archangel) == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡa.brjɛl/ Rhymes: -abrjɛl Syllabification: Ga‧briel === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin Gabriēl. ==== Proper noun ==== Gabriel m pers (female equivalent Gabriela, diminutive Gabryś) a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel (biblical) Gabriel (archangel) ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Proper noun ==== Gabriel f genitive plural of Gabriela === Further reading === “Gabriel”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Gabrïél. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛw, (Portugal) -ɛl Hyphenation: Ga‧bri‧el === Proper noun === Gabriel m (plural Gabriéis, feminine Gabriela, feminine plural Gabrielas) a male given name from Hebrew, feminine equivalent Gabriela, equivalent to English Gabriel (biblical) Gabriel (archangel) a surname ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Gabriel”, in Dicionário infopédia de Antroponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡabrɪ̯el/, [ˈɡabrɪ̯el] Rhymes: -abrɪ̯el Hyphenation: Gab‧riel === Proper noun === Gabriel m pers a male given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Gabriela, equivalent to English Gabriel (biblical) Gabriel (archangel) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Gabriel”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaˈbɾjel/ [ɡaˈβ̞ɾjel] Rhymes: -el Syllabification: Ga‧briel === Proper noun === Gabriel m a male given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Gabriela, equivalent to English Gabriel (biblical) Gabriel (archangel) a surname originating as a patronymic ==== Related terms ==== == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɑː.brɪɛl/ Rhymes: -ɛl === Proper noun === Gabriel c (genitive Gabriels) a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel (biblical) Gabriel (archangel) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Gabriel. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡabɾiˈel/ [ɡɐbˈɾjɛl] Rhymes: -el Syllabification: Gab‧ri‧el === Proper noun === Gabriél (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜎ᜔) (biblical) Gabriel (archangel) a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel a surname from Spanish ==== Related terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gabriel is the 108th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 54,263 individuals. === Anagrams === Brigela