Gabriel (given name)

Gabriel
	Angel Gabriel
Pronunciation	English: /ˈɡeɪbriəl/ GAY-bree-əl; French: [ɡabʁijɛl]; Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjel]
Language(s)	Hebrew
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew גַבְרִיאֵל
Meaning	"God is my strength"
Region of origin	Israel
Other names
Variant form(s)	Gabriella; Gabrielle; Gabrijel; Gabor; Jibril;
Nickname(s)	Gabe, Gabby

Gabriel is a given name derived from the Hebrew name Gaḇrīʾēl (גַבְרִיאֵל) meaning "God is my strength". The name was popularized by the association with the angel Gabriel. In some rare cases it can be written as Gabryel.

The equivalent Orthodox Slavic name is Gavrilo.

People named Gabriel

Royal houses, nobility and clergy

Gabriel of Kakheti (died 881), Prince and Chorepiscopus of Kakheti
Gabriel of Melitene (died c. 1102), Armenian general and ruler of Melitene
Gabriel von Salamanca-Ortenburg (1489–1539), Spanish nobleman
Gabriel de la Cueva, 5th Duke of Alburquerque (c. 1515–1571), Spanish nobleman and military leader
Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery (1530–1574), French nobleman
Gabriel de Luetz (died 1553), French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
Gabriel de Rochechouart, 1st Duke of Mortemart (1600–1675), French nobleman
Gabriel de Guilleragues (1628–1684), French politician
Gabriel, 7th Duke of Aveiro (1667–1745), Spanish nobleman
Gabriel II of Constantinople (died 1659), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Gabriel III of Constantinople (died 1707), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
César Gabriel de Choiseul, Duke of Praslin (1712–1785), French officer, diplomat and statesman
Infante Gabriel of Spain (1752–1788), Spanish Infante
Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia (1887–1955), Russian prince
Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1897–1975), Italian prince
Prince Gabriel of Thurn and Taxis (1922–1942), German prince
Gabriel Urgebadze (1929–1995), Georgian Orthodox monk
Prince Gabriel of Belgium (born 2003), Belgian prince

Artists and entertainers

Gabriel Bateman (born 2004), American actor
Gabriel Braga Nunes (born 1972), Brazilian actor
Gabriel Byrne (born 1950), Irish actor
Gabriel Casaccia (1907–1980), Paraguayan novelist
Gabriel Chevallier (1895–1969), French writer and novelist
Gabriel o Pensador (born Gabriel Contino, 1974), Brazilian singer-songwriter and rapper
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (1724–1780), French artist
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), French composer, organist, pianist and teacher
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014), Colombian novelist
Gabriel Iglesias (born 1976), American comedian and actor
Gabriel Macht (born 1972), American actor
Gabriel Morrissette (born 1959), Canadian illustrator
Gabe Saporta (born 1979), Uruguayan-American musician
Gabriel Soria (1908–1971), Mexican film director
Gabriel von Max (1840–1915), Austrian painter
Gabriel von Seidl (1848–1913), German architect

Athletes

Gabriel Agbonlahor (born 1986), English football player
Gabriel Almeida (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
Gabriel Arteaga (born 1976), Cuban judoka
Gabriel Bandeira (born 1999), Brazilian Paralympic swimmer
Gabriel Barbosa (born 1996), Brazilian football player
Gabriel Batistuta (born 1969), Argentine football player
Gabe Cramer (born 1994), Israeli-Canadian-American baseball player
Gabe Cupps (born 2004), American basketball player
Gabe Davis (born 1999), American football player
Gabriel de Moura (born 1988), Brazilian football player
Gabriel Deck (born 1995), Argentine basketball player
Gabriel Diallo (born 2001), Canadian tennis player
Gabby Espinas (born 1982), Filipino basketball player
Gabriel Eugénio Souza (born 1997), Brazilian football player
Gabriel Favale (born 1967), Argentine football referee
Gabriel Geay (born 1996), Tanzanian distance runner
Gabriel Enrique Gómez (born 1984), Panamanian footballer
Gabriel Girón (born 1988), Mexican basketball player
Gabriel Gonzaga (born 1979), Brazilian martial artist
Gabe Hall (born 2001), American football player
Gabriel Hamer-Webb (born 2000), English rugby union player
Gabriel Heinze (born 1978), Argentine football player
Gabriel Hernández (disambiguation), several people
Gabriel Jesus (born 1997), Brazilian football player
Gabe Jeudy-Lally (born 2001), American football player
Gabe Kapler (born 1975), American baseball manager
Gabriel Landeskog (born 1992), Swedish ice hockey player
Gabriel Lundberg (born 1994), Danish basketball player
Gabriel Magalhães (born 1997), Brazilian football player
Gabriel Martinelli (born 2001), Brazilian football player
Gabriel Milito (born 1980), Argentine football player
Gabriel Mendoza (born 1968), Chilean football player
Gabriel Minadeo (born 1967), Argentine field hockey coach
Gabriel Monteiro Vasconcelos (born 1996), Brazilian football player
Gabriel Morency (born 1970), Canadian sports broadcaster
Gabe Norwood (born 1985), Filipino basketball player
Gabriel Obertan (born 1989), French football player
Gabriel Olaseni (born 1992), British basketball player
Gabriel Paulista (born 1990), Brazilian football player
Gabriel Popescu (footballer) (born 1973), Romanian football player
Gabriel Reis (born 1984), Brazilian water polo player
Gabi Teichner (born 1945), Israeli basketball player
Gabriel Varga (born 1985), Canadian kick boxer
Gabriel (footballer, born September 1992), Brazilian football player
Gabriel José Ferreira Mesquita (born 1998), Brazilian football player
Gabe York (born 1993), American basketball player

Other

Gabriel Al-Salem (1967–2010), American businessman and author
Gabriel Aubry (born 1975), Canadian model
Gabriel de Broglie (born 1931), French historian and politician
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), Polish physicist and engineer
Gabriel Kaplan (born 1944), American comedian and poker player
Gabriel Lippmann (1845–1921), Luxembourgish-French physicist and inventor
Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973), French philosopher and playwright
Gabriel Nkgweng, South African politician
Gabriel I. H. Williams, Liberian journalist
Gabriel Weston (born 1970), English surgeon, author and television presenter

Fictional characters

Gabriel, an angel, and the main antagonist of the video game Ultrakill
Gabriel, a crime lord, and the recurring antagonist in the third season of the 1987 TV series Beauty and the Beast
Gabriel, the protagonist of the video game Fable: The Journey
Gabriel, one of the missing children from Five Nights at Freddy's
Gabriel, a recurring character on the television series Supernatural
Gabriel the Warrior, one of the main characters in Minecraft Story Mode
Gabriel Agreste, the main antagonist in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, and the father of Adrien Agreste
Gabriel Allon, an Israeli Mossad agent, who is the main protagonist of a series of books by Daniel Silva
Gabriel Angelos, one of the main characters in the video game series Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Gabriel Ashlocke, the main antagonist of the second series of Mutant X
Gabriel Belmont, the protagonist of the video game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and its two sequels
Gabriel Birid, the protagonist of the series Gabriel's Fire which was later revamped as Pros and Cons
Gabriel Boutin, a character in Sally Green's trilogy Half Bad
Gabriel Churchkitten, a fictional cat in the novels by Margot Austin
Gabriel Cohuelo, also known as Velocidad
Gabriel "Gabe" Duncan, one of the main characters in the Disney series Good Luck Charlie
Gabriel "Gabe" Goodman, a character in the Broadway musical Next to Normal
Grocer Gabriel, a character in the 2023 television series Rubble & Crew
Gabriel Gray, the real name of the character Sylar, from the television series Heroes
Gabriel 'Gabe' Jones, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics, and a member of the Howling Commandos
The title character of Gabriel Knight, a PC game series
Gabriel Lawrence, a character from the Ghost Whisperer
Gabe Lewis, one of the supporting characters from The Office
Gabriel Logan, the protagonist of the video game series Syphon Filter
Gabriel May, the female protagonist's evil parasitic twin in James Wan's 2021 supernatural horror movie Malignant
Gabriel Oak, one of the protagonists from Thomas Hardy novel Far from the Madding Crowd
Gabriel Reyes, a playable character in the video game, Overwatch, under the alias "Reaper"
Gabriel Rorke, the main antagonist of the video game Call of Duty: Ghosts
Gabriel Santiago, a fictional character in the Android: Netrunner universe
Gabriel Santoro, of the novel Third and Indiana
Gabriel Stokes, a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead and the TV series of the same name
Gabriel Summers, a Marvel Comics villain better known as Vulcan
Gabriel Tenma White, a character from Gabriel Dropout
Gabriel "Gabe" Ugliano, the protagonist's stepfather from Percy Jackson & the Olympians
Gabriel Van Helsing, the protagonist of the 2004 film Van Helsing
Gabriel Vaughn, the protagonist of the 2014 TV series Intelligence
Gabriel, the baby protected by Jonas in The Giver