Gabriel (name)

For other uses, see Gabriel (disambiguation).

Gabriel
Pronunciation	Spanish: [ˈɡabriel]
Gender	Masculine
Origin
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)
Czech: Gabriel
Danish: Gabriel
Dutch: Gabriël
Esperanto: Gabrielo
French: 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)
Korean: 가브리엘 (Gabriel, Gabeuliel)
Kurdish: Cebraîl
Latin: Gabriel
Latvian: Gabriels
Lithuanian: Gabrielius
Macedonian: Гаврил (Gavril)
Maltese: Gabrijel
Norwegian: Gabriel
Persian: جبرئيل(jebreīl)
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

Gabe Saporta (born 1979), Uruguayan-American musician
Gabriel Braga Nunes (born 1972), Brazilian actor
Gabriel Byrne (born 1950), Irish actor
Gabriel Contino (born 1974), stage name Gabriel o Pensador, Brazilian singer-songwriter and rapper
Gabriel Chevallier (1895–1969), French writer and novelist
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

Athletes

Gabriel Agbonlahor (born 1986), English footballer
Gabriel Arteaga (born 1976), Cuban judoka
Gabriel Batistuta (born 1969), Argentine footballer
Gabriel Favale (born 1967), Argentine football referee
Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
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
Gabriel Obertan (born 1989), French footballer
Gabriel Popescu (born 1973), Romanian footballer
Gabriel Reis (born 1984), Brazilian water polo player
Gabriel Varga (born 1985), Canadian kickboxer

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 Prosser (1776–1800), leader of a slave rebellion in the United States
Gabriel I. H. Williams, Liberian journalist

Fictional characters

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 "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, one of the recurring characters of the tv series Mom
Gabriel Cohuelo, also known as Velocidad (comics)