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Gabrielle is the French feminine form of the given name Gabriel (Hebrew: גַבְרִיאֵל) which translates to "God is my strong man". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] People with the given name Gabrielle
Gabriella is a feminine given name used in various languages. Its English spelling originates as an Italian feminine given name from the Hebrew name Gabriel.Girls who are named Gabriella often take on a shorter version of the name, such as Bella, Ella, Gab, Gabby, and Gabbi.
Gabriel "Gabe" Duncan, one of the main characters in the Disney series Good Luck Charlie; Gabriel "Gabe" Goodman, a character in the Broadway musical Next to Normal; Grocer Gabriel, a character in the 2023 television series Rubble & Crew; Gabriel Gray, the real name of the character Sylar, from the television series Heroes
Gabriela Adameșteanu (born 1942), Romanian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and translator; Gabriela Brimmer (1947–2000), Mexican writer and activist for people with disabilities who were born with cerebral palsy; Gabriela Bustelo (born 1962), Spanish neorealist novelist and translator; Gabriela Dauerer (born 1958), German ...
Gabrielle may refer to: Gabrielle (given name), a French female given name derived from Gabriel; Film and television. Gabrielle , a Swedish ...
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
The name is increasing in popularity in the United States. It has ranked among the top 1,000 names in the United States since 1991, among the top 500 names since 2004, and among the top 200 names since 2010. It was the 99th most popular given name for American girls in 2020 and the 118th name for girls in 2021. [2]
The name Gabriel (Hebrew: גַּבְרִיאֵל, Gaḇrīʾēl) is composed of the first person singular possessive form of the Hebrew noun gever (גֶּבֶר), meaning "man", and ʾĒl, meaning "God". This would make the translation of the archangel's name "man of God". [9] [10] [11]