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♀ Gabriel (girl)
What does Gabriel mean?
Gabriel 
▼ as a name for girls (also used more widely as boys' name Gabriel) is of Hebrew origin, and Gabriel means "woman of God; my strength is God". Gabriel is a variant form of Gabrielle (Hebrew).
STARTS WITH Ga-
ASSOCIATED WITH strength
Variations
VARIANTS Gabryelle, Gabryel, Gabriell, Gabriele
OTHER FORMS VIA GABRIELLE Gabbe, Gabbi, Gabbie, Gabi, Gabriela▼, Gabriella, Gabriellen, Gabriellia, Gabrila, Gabryella, Gavriella, Gavrielle, Gavrila, Gavrilla, Gavrina
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Gabriel Dawsyn (G.D.), ..
How popular is Gabriel?
Gabriel is a very prominent first name for females (#2035 out of 4276, Top 48%) and also a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#1482 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Gabriel entered the list in 1970-1979 and reached its top rank of #782 in the U.S. in the year 2000, but is not listed currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Gabriel ranked in the Top 2000 are Gabriella (#70 IN 2018), Gabrielle (#306), Gabriela (#325) and Gabriele. Other variants, like Gabrila, are seldom used. Usage of these forms of Gabriel was common among parents 12 years ago (AVERAGE #714) and has become significantly less since (#940, ▼51.7%), with forms like Gabriela becoming somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Aeriel, Ariel, Auriel, Avriel, Barbel, Carel, Cariel, Carmel▼, Darcel, Darel, Darrel, Fauniel, Gael, Gaiea, Gail▼, Gaill, Gardie, Garnet▼, Gauri, Gayel, Gerie, Gerrie, Gloribel, Glorie, Grier, Grisel, Grizel, Janiel, Jeriel, Karel, Karmel, Katriel, Laurel, Lauriel, Loriel, Mabel▼, Maribel▼, Maricel, Maridel, Mariel▼, Marivel, Marvel▼, Meriel, Muriel▼ and Oriel. These names tend to be less commonly used than Gabriel.
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