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What does Gabriel mean?
Gabriel 
▲ as a boys' name (also used less regularly as girls' name Gabriel) is pronounced GAY-bree-el. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Gabriel is "man of God; my strength is God". From Hebrew gheber "man", or gabar "strong", combined with el "god". Biblical: the archangel Gabriel, messenger of God and intermediary between God and man, is only angel besides Michael named in the canonical Scriptures. He appeared to Daniel in the Old Testament, to Zacharias in the New Testament, and to Mary to announce the birth of Jesus. In Islamic tradition, Gabriel is the angel who dictated the Koran to the Prophet Muhammad. Musician Peter Gabriel; author Gabriel Garcia Marquez; football player Roman Gabriel; actor Gabriel Byrne.
STARTS WITH Ga-
Variations
VARIANTS Gab, Gabbi, Gabbie, Gabby, Gabe, Gabi, Gabie, Gabor, Gabrian, Gabriele, Gabrielli, Gabriello, Gaby, Garbriele, Gavrel, Gavriel, Gavril, Gavrilo, Gay, Jabril, Jibril
SEE ALSO Gable
FEMININE FORM Gabrielle
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Gabriel Ares (G.A.), ..
How popular is Gabriel?
Gabriel is a very prominent first name for men (#220 out of 1220, Top 18%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#1482 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Gabriel reached its apex rank of #21 in the U.S. in the year 2010, and is at #35 currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Gabriel (#35 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) ranked in the Top 2000 are Gabe, Gavriel, Gay and Jabril. Usage of these relations of Gabriel was well-received a decade ago (USAGE OF 0.7%) and is somewhat less today (USAGE 0.5%, DOWN 32%). Gabriel is the most chic birth name in this compilation.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Abiel, Abriel, Adriel▲, Aeriel, Ahbiel (see Abiel), Andriel, Ariel▲, Azriel, Bartel, Carel, Carmel, Carvel, Cassiel, Dalziel, Daniel▼, Darel, Dariel▲, Darnel, Daviel, Gaddiel, Gadiel, Gael▲, Gail▼, Gaill, Galil, Gamaliel, Gamel, Gamliel (see Gamaliel), Gammel, Gardie, Gared, Garek, Garen, Garey, Garfield▼, Gari, Garin, Garion, Garith, Garmen, Garnet, Garret▼, Garrie, Garrin, Garrith, Garritt, Garrvey (see Garvey), Garrvie (see Garvey), Garve, Garvey, Garwen, Gerrie, Guriel, Hadriel, Hanniel, Harel, Harrel, Jamiel, Jarrel, Jeriel, Kaniel, Karel, Karmel, Malkiel, Marcel▲, Mardel, Markel, Martel, Marvel, Moriel, Nabeel, Nooriel, Nuriel, Sachiel and Zuriel. These names tend to be less frequently used than Gabriel.
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