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
- A male given name.
- 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.
- 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:
- An archangel associated, in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Daniel 9:21::
- 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.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 1:26::
- And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
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- A patronymic surname.
Translations
male given name
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archangel
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Translations to be checked
Catalan
Pronunciation
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡabrɪɛl]
Danish
Faroese
Usage notes
Patronymics
- son of Gabriel: Gabrielsson
- daughter of Gabriel: Gabrielsdóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Gabriel |
Accusative | Gabriel |
Dative | Gabrieli |
Genitive | Gabriels |
Finnish
Declension
Inflection of Gabriel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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 | |
instructive | — | Gabrielein | |
abessive | Gabrielitta | Gabrieleitta | |
comitative | — | Gabrieleineen |
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡaːbʀiˌeːl]
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ga‧bri‧el
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) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.bri.eːl/, [ˈɡa.bri.eːɫ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.bri.el/, [ˈɡaː.bri.el]
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
- → Swedish: Gabriel, Gabrel
- → Welsh: Gabriel
Norman
Norwegian
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡab.rʲjɛl/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Gabriel m pers (diminutive Gabryś)
- A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel.
- Gabriel (archangel)
Declension
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɡa.bɾi.ˈɛw/
Proper noun
Gabriel m
- A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel
- (Christianity, Judaism) Gabriel (archangel who carries messages from God)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡabriɛɫ/
Proper noun
Gabriel m (genitive Gabriela, nominative plural Gabrielovia) declension pattern chlap
- A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel.
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈbɾjel/, [ɡaˈβɾjel]
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɑːbrɪɛl/
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Proper noun
Gabriel c (genitive Gabriels)
- Gabriel (Archangel).
- A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel.
Tagalog
Etymology
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.
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