Gender Feminine & Masculine
Pronounced Pron. GA-bee(German, Portuguese) ga-BEE(Portuguese) GAW-bee(Hungarian)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Diminutive of Gabriel or Gabriela. It is usually a feminine name in German-speaking regions, but unisex elsewhere.

Related Names

VariantsGaby(Spanish) Ella(Hungarian)
Feminine FormsGabriela, Gavrila(Romanian) Gabriela(Spanish) Gabriela(Portuguese) Gabriella(Hungarian)
Masculine FormsGabriel(German) Gabriel, Gavril(Romanian) Gabriel(Spanish) Gabriel(Portuguese) Gábor, Gábriel(Hungarian)
Other Languages & CulturesJabril, Jibril(Arabic) Gabriel(Biblical) Gabriel(Biblical Greek) Gavri'el(Biblical Hebrew) Gabriel, Gabrihel(Biblical Latin) Gabriela, Gavrail, Gavril(Bulgarian) Gabriel, Biel(Catalan) Dzhabrail(Chechen) Gabrijel, Gabrijela(Croatian) Gabriel, Gabriela(Czech) Gabriel(Danish) Gabriël, Gabriëlle(Dutch) Gabriel, Gabriella, Gabrielle, Bree, Bria, Brie, Briella, Gabe(English) Gabriel, Kaapo, Kaapro(Finnish) Gabriel, Gabrielle, Gaby(French) Gabriel(Georgian) Gavriil(Greek) Gavriel(Hebrew) Gabriele, Gabriella(Italian) Gabriels(Latvian) Gabrielė, Gabrielius(Lithuanian) Gavril(Macedonian) Gabriel(Norwegian) Gabriel, Gabriela(Polish) Gavriil(Russian) Gavrilo(Serbian) Gabriel, Gabriela(Slovak) Gabrijel, Gabrijela(Slovene) Gabriel, Gabriella(Swedish) Cebrail(Turkish) Havryil(Ukrainian) Gavrel(Yiddish)
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Entry updated June 9, 2023