English

Proper noun

Gabriel

1. 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 0670816566, 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.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), 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, Bible (KJV), Luke 1:26::

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

3. A patronymic surname​.

Related terms

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

Translations

Catalan

Proper noun

Gabriel m

1. Gabriel

Czech

Proper noun

Gabriel m

1. A male given name, cognate to Gabriel.

Danish

Proper noun

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel)
2. A male given name.

Faroese

Proper noun

Gabriel m

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

Patronymics

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

Declension

Finnish

Proper noun

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel)
2. A male given name.

Declension

Related terms

• male given names: Kaapo, Kaapro

French

Proper noun

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel).
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• female given name: Gabrielle

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaːbʀiˌeːl]
• Hyphenation: Ga‧bri‧el

Proper noun

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel)
2. A male given name

Related terms

• feminine form: Gabriele

Gothic

Romanization

Gabriēl

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌴𐌻

Norman

Proper noun

Gabriel m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel).
2. A male given name.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡab.rʲɛl/

Proper noun

Gabriel m pers ‎(diminutive Gabryś)

1. A male given name, cognate to Gabriel.
2. Gabriel (archangel)

Declension

Proper noun

Gabriel f pl

1. genitive plural of Gabriela

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɡa.bɾi.ˈɛw/

Proper noun

Gabriel m

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

Slovak

Proper noun

Gabriel m

1. A male given name.

Spanish

Proper noun

Gabriel ‎(m)

1. Gabriel (Archangel).
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• female given name: Gabriela

Swedish

Proper noun

Gabriel

1. Gabriel (Archangel).
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• female given name: Gabriella