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The boy's name Gabriel \g(a)-

, also used as girl's name Gabriel, is pronounced GAY-bree-el. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Gabriel is "God's able-bodied one; hero of God". Biblical: the archangel Gabriel is the only angel besides Michael named in the canonical Scriptures. Gavriel is a Jewish variant popular in Russia. Musician Peter Gabriel; author Gabriel Garcia Marquez; football player Roman Gabriel; actor Gabriel Byrne.

Gabriel has 15 variant forms: Gab, Gabbi, Gabbie, Gabby, Gabe, Gabi, Gabie, Gabrian, Gabriele, Gabrielli, Gabriello, Gaby, Gavriel, Gavril and Gavrilo.

For more information, see also the related name Gable.

Gabriel is a very common first name for men (#220 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#1509 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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