Gabriel

English

Etymology

From Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God, deity”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪbɹi.əl/

Proper noun

Gabriel

1. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:

     Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel or Michael, giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.

   • 1986, Paul Bailey, Gabriel's Lament, Viking (1987), →ISBN, page 20:

     "I'm the only Gabriel in the whole school," I told my father. "You don't have to whisper it from the tomb, lad. You should thank your mother and me for giving you a handle that people notice. You ought to be pleased, not down in the dumps. Backstreet Gabriels aren't bumped into on every corner, remember.

2. An archangel associated, in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God.
   • Template:RQ:Authorized Version:

     Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

   • Template:RQ:Authorized Version:

     And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

3. A patronymic surname transferred from the given name

Related terms

• pet form: Gabe
• female given names: Gabriela, Gabriella, Gabrielle

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: جِبْرَائِيل (jibrāʔīl), جِبْرِيل (ar) (jibrīl)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ, ܓܒܪܝܐܝ

• Armenian: Գաբրիել (Gabriel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加百列 (zh) (Jiābǎiliè)

• Czech: Gabriel m
• Danish: Gabriel
• Esperanto: Gabrielo
• Finnish: Kaapo (fi)
• French: Gabriel (fr) m
• Galician: Gabriel (gl) m
• German: Gabriel (de) m
• Greek: Γαβριήλ (el) m (Gavriíl)
• Hausa: Jibirilu
• Hawaiian: Kapeliela
• Hebrew: גַּבְרִיאֵל (he) (gavriél)
• Hindi: जबराइल (hi) m (jabrāil), जब्रील (hi) m (jabrīl)
• Hungarian: Gábor (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} Gaibriéil m
• Italian: Gabriele (it) m, Gabriello m
• Japanese: ガブリエル (Gaburieru)
• Korean: 가브리엘 (Gabeuriel)
• Latin: Gabriel m, Gabrihel m
• Macedonian: Га́врил (mk) m (Gávril)
• Malay: Jibril
• Maltese: Gabriel
• Maori: Kaperiere
• Norwegian: Gabriel (no)
• Persian: جبرئیل (fa) (jebra'il), (prescriptive) جبرییل (fa) (jebrayil), (literally) جبریل (jebril), گابریل (gâbriel)
• Polish: Gabriel (pl) m
• Portuguese: Gabriel (pt) m
• Russian: Гаврии́л (ru) m (Gavriíl)
• Spanish: Gabriel (es) m
• Swedish: Gabriel (sv)
• Yiddish: גבֿריאל m (gavriyel)

archangel

• Arabic: جَبْرَائِيل (jabrāʔīl), جِبْرِيل (ar) (jibrīl)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ, ܓܒܪܝܐܝ

• Armenian: Գաբրիել (Gabriel)
• Azerbaijani: Cəbrayıl (az)
• Czech: Gabriel m
• Danish: Gabriel
• Esperanto: Gabrielo
• Finnish: Gabriel (fi)
• French: Gabriel (fr) m
• German: Gabriel (de) m
• Greek: Γαβριήλ (el) m (Gavriíl)

  Ancient: Γαβριήλ m (Gabriḗl)

• Hausa: Jibirilu
• Hawaiian: Gaberiela
• Hindi: जब्रील (hi) m (jabrīl), जबराइल (hi) m (jabrāil)
• Hungarian: Gábriel (hu)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} Gaibriéil m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: Gabriele (it) m
• Korean: 가브리엘 (Gabeuriel)
• Latin: Gabriel m
• Macedonian: Га́врил (mk) (Gávril) (Judaism, Christianity), Џи́брил (Džíbril) (Islam)
• Malay: Jibril
• Ngazidja Comorian: Djibril
• Norwegian: Gabriel (no)
• Persian: جبرئیل (fa) (jebra'il)
• Portuguese: Gabriel (pt) m
• Russian: Гаврии́л (ru) m (Gavriíl)
• Spanish: Gabriel (es) m
• Swedish: Gabriel (sv) m
• Tatar: Җибрил (Cibril), Җәбраил (Cäbrail)
• Turkish: Cebrail (tr), Cebrâil (tr)
• Uyghur: جەبرائىل (jebra'il)
• Yiddish: גבֿריאל m (gavriyel)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} גבריאל (he)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} Cebrail (tr)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛl

Proper noun

Gabriel m

1. Gabriel

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡabrɪjɛl]

Proper noun

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.

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Danish

Proper noun

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel)
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.

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Faroese

Proper noun

Gabriel m

1. a male given name.

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Gabriel: Gabrielsson
• daughter of Gabriel: Gabrielsdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Gabriel
Accusative	Gabriel
Dative	Gabrieli
Genitive	Gabriels

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑ(ː)briel/, [ˈɡɑ̝(ː)brie̞l]

Proper noun

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel)
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.

Declension

Inflection of Gabriel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Gabriel	Gabrielit
genitive		Gabrielin	Gabrielien
partitive		Gabrielia	Gabrieleja
illative		Gabrieliin	Gabrieleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Gabriel	Gabrielit
accusative	nom.	Gabriel	Gabrielit
	gen.	Gabrielin
genitive		Gabrielin	Gabrielien
partitive		Gabrielia	Gabrieleja
inessive		Gabrielissa	Gabrieleissa
elative		Gabrielista	Gabrieleista
illative		Gabrieliin	Gabrieleihin
adessive		Gabrielilla	Gabrieleilla
ablative		Gabrielilta	Gabrieleilta
allative		Gabrielille	Gabrieleille
essive		Gabrielina	Gabrieleina
translative		Gabrieliksi	Gabrieleiksi
abessive		Gabrielitta	Gabrieleitta
instructive		—	Gabrielein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Gabriel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Gabrielini Gabrielini accusative nom. Gabrielini Gabrielini gen. Gabrielini genitive Gabrielini Gabrielieni partitive Gabrieliani Gabrielejani inessive Gabrielissani Gabrieleissani elative Gabrielistani Gabrieleistani illative Gabrieliini Gabrieleihini adessive Gabrielillani Gabrieleillani ablative Gabrieliltani Gabrieleiltani allative Gabrielilleni Gabrieleilleni essive Gabrielinani Gabrieleinani translative Gabrielikseni Gabrieleikseni abessive Gabrielittani Gabrieleittani instructive — — comitative — Gabrieleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Gabrielisi Gabrielisi accusative nom. Gabrielisi Gabrielisi gen. Gabrielisi genitive Gabrielisi Gabrieliesi partitive Gabrieliasi Gabrielejasi inessive Gabrielissasi Gabrieleissasi elative Gabrielistasi Gabrieleistasi illative Gabrieliisi Gabrieleihisi adessive Gabrielillasi Gabrieleillasi ablative Gabrieliltasi Gabrieleiltasi allative Gabrielillesi Gabrieleillesi essive Gabrielinasi Gabrieleinasi translative Gabrieliksesi Gabrieleiksesi abessive Gabrielittasi Gabrieleittasi instructive — — comitative — Gabrieleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Gabrielimme Gabrielimme accusative nom. Gabrielimme Gabrielimme gen. Gabrielimme genitive Gabrielimme Gabrieliemme partitive Gabrieliamme Gabrielejamme inessive Gabrielissamme Gabrieleissamme elative Gabrielistamme Gabrieleistamme illative Gabrieliimme Gabrieleihimme adessive Gabrielillamme Gabrieleillamme ablative Gabrieliltamme Gabrieleiltamme allative Gabrielillemme Gabrieleillemme essive Gabrielinamme Gabrieleinamme translative Gabrieliksemme Gabrieleiksemme abessive Gabrielittamme Gabrieleittamme instructive — — comitative — Gabrieleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Gabrielinne Gabrielinne accusative nom. Gabrielinne Gabrielinne gen. Gabrielinne genitive Gabrielinne Gabrielienne partitive Gabrielianne Gabrielejanne inessive Gabrielissanne Gabrieleissanne elative Gabrielistanne Gabrieleistanne illative Gabrieliinne Gabrieleihinne adessive Gabrielillanne Gabrieleillanne ablative Gabrieliltanne Gabrieleiltanne allative Gabrielillenne Gabrieleillenne essive Gabrielinanne Gabrieleinanne translative Gabrieliksenne Gabrieleiksenne abessive Gabrielittanne Gabrieleittanne instructive — — comitative — Gabrieleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Gabrielinsa Gabrielinsa accusative nom. Gabrielinsa Gabrielinsa gen. Gabrielinsa genitive Gabrielinsa Gabrieliensa partitive Gabrieliaan Gabrieliansa Gabrielejaan Gabrielejansa inessive Gabrielissaan Gabrielissansa Gabrieleissaan Gabrieleissansa elative Gabrielistaan Gabrielistansa Gabrieleistaan Gabrieleistansa illative Gabrieliinsa Gabrieleihinsa adessive Gabrielillaan Gabrielillansa Gabrieleillaan Gabrieleillansa ablative Gabrieliltaan Gabrieliltansa Gabrieleiltaan Gabrieleiltansa allative Gabrielilleen Gabrielillensa Gabrieleilleen Gabrieleillensa essive Gabrielinaan Gabrielinansa Gabrieleinaan Gabrieleinansa translative Gabrielikseen Gabrieliksensa Gabrieleikseen Gabrieleiksensa abessive Gabrielittaan Gabrielittansa Gabrieleittaan Gabrieleittansa instructive — — comitative — Gabrieleineen Gabrieleinensa

Related terms

• male given names: Kaapo, Kaapro

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.bʁi.jɛl/

Proper noun

Gabriel ?

1. Gabriel (Archangel).
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.

Related terms

• female given name: Gabrielle

Descendants

• → Alemannic German: Gaabi

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaːbʀiˌeːl]

• Audio (Austria):

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• Hyphenation: Ga‧bri‧el

Proper noun

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel)
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

Related terms

• feminine form: Gabriele

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.bri.eːl/, [ˈɡäbrieːɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.bri.el/, [ˈɡäːbriel]

Proper noun

Gabriēl m (indeclinable)

1. Gabriel

Descendants

• → Albanian: Gabriel
• → Catalan: Gabriel, Biel
• → Czech: Gabriel
• → Danish: Gabriel
• → Dutch: Gabriël
  • Afrikaans: Gabriël
• → English: Gabriel
  • → Hawaiian: Kapeliela
  • → Maori: Kaperiere
• → Faroese: Gabriel, Gabrial, Brialdur
• → Finnish: Gabriel, Kaaperi, Kaapre, Kaaprel, Kaaprelli, Kaapo
• → French: Gabriel
  • → Alemannic German: Gaabi
• → Galician: Gabriel
• → Georgian: გაბრიელი (gabrieli)
• → German: Gabriel
• → Greenlandic: Kaapriale, Kapriali, Kaparialli
• → Gujarati: ગેબ્રિયલ (gebriyal)
• → Hindi: गेब्रियल (gebriyal)
• → Hungarian: Gabór, Gábriel
• → Icelandic: Gabríel
• → Irish: Gaibrial, Gaibriéil, Gaibriél
• → Italian: Gabriele
• → Japanese: ガブリエル (Gaburieru)
• → Kannada: ಗೇಬ್ರಿಯಲ್ (gēbriyal)
• → Korean: 가브리엘 (Gabeuriel)
• → Latvian: Gabriels
• → Lithuanian: Gabrielius
• → Maltese: Gabrijel
• → Norman: Gabriel
• → Norwegian: Gabriel
• → Persian: گابریل (Gâbriel)
• → Polish: Gabriel
• → Portuguese: Gabriel, Biel
• → Romanian: Gabriel
• → Serbo-Croatian: Gabrijel
• → Slovak: Gabriel
• → Slovene: Gabrijel
• → Spanish: Gabriel
  • → Kapampangan: Gabriel
  • → Tagalog: Gabriel
• → Swedish: Gabriel, Gabrel
• → Welsh: Gabriel

References

• Gabriel in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Norman

Proper noun

Gabriel m

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel).
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.

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Polish

Pronunciation

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• Audio:

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Proper noun

Gabriel m pers (diminutive Gabryś)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.
2. Gabriel (archangel)

Declension

Declension of Gabriel

	singular	plural
nominative	Gabriel	Gabriele
genitive	Gabriela	Gabrieli
dative	Gabrielowi	Gabrielom
accusative	Gabriela	Gabrieli
instrumental	Gabrielem	Gabrielami
locative	Gabrielu	Gabrielach
vocative	Gabrielu	Gabriele

Proper noun

Gabriel f pl

1. genitive plural of Gabriela

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡa.bɾi.ˈɛw/

Proper noun

Gabriel m

2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
4. (Christianity, Judaism) Gabriel (archangel who carries messages from God)

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡabriɛɫ/

Proper noun

Gabriel m

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.

Declension

Declension of Gabriel

	singular	plural
nominative	Gabriel	Gabrielovia
genitive	Gabriela	Gabrielov
dative	Gabrielovi	Gabrielom
accusative	Gabriela	Gabrielov
locative	Gabrielovi	Gabrieloch
instrumental	Gabrielom	Gabrielmi

Derived terms

• Gabino
• Gabo
• Gábor
• Gabrielko
• Gábriš

 

Further reading

• “Gabriel”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈbɾjel/ [ɡaˈβ̞ɾjel]

Proper noun

Gabriel (m)

1. Gabriel (Archangel).
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.

Related terms

• nickname: Gabo, Gabi
• female given name: Gabriela

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑːbrɪɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Proper noun

Gabriel c (genitive Gabriels)

1. Gabriel (Archangel).
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.

Related terms

• female given name: Gabriella

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish.

Proper noun

Gabriel

1. (biblical) Gabriel
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
3. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gabriel is the 108th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 54,263 individuals.

Related terms

• Gabriela; Gabrielle (female name)