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Gabriel (name)

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Gender
  
Masculine

Word/name
  
Hebrew

Gabriel (name)

Pronunciation
  
/ɡeɪbriːəl/ French: [ɡabʁiɛl] Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjel]

Meaning
  
"Able-bodied one of God"; or "messenger of God"

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.

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In other languages

  • Albanian: Xhebraili
  • Arabic: جِبْريل (Jibrīl) جَبْرائيل (Jabrā'īl)
  • Azerbaijani: Cəbrayıl
  • Belarusian: Гаўрыіл (Haŭryil)
  • Bengali: জিবরাঈল (Jiboraeel), জিব্রাঈল (Jibraeel), জিবরীল (Jiboreel), জিব্রীল (Jibreel)
  • 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, 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: Гавриїл (Havryyil)
  • Urdu: جبرائیل
  • Yiddish: גאַבריעל (Gʼabryʻl)
  • Welsh: 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 Barbosa (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
  • Gabriel Batistuta (born 1969), Argentine footballer
  • Gabriel Bekaert (born 2001), American taekwondo player
  • 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 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 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 kick boxer
  • 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
  • Gabriel García Marquez, Literature Nobel
  • Gavrilo Princip (1894-1918), Bosnian assassin of Archduke Ferdinand, reputed to have started World War One.
  • 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
  • Gabriel Reyes, a playable character in the video game, Overwatch, under the alias, "Reaper".
  • References

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