Meaning, origin and history of the name Gavril

Gender Masculine

Scripts Гаврил(Bulgarian, Macedonian)

Pronounced Pron. ga-VREEL(Romanian) [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Bulgarian, Macedonian and Romanian form of Gabriel.

VariantsGavrail(Bulgarian) Gabriel(Romanian)

DiminutiveGabi(Romanian)

Feminine FormsGabriela(Bulgarian) Gabriela, Gavrila(Romanian)

Other Languages & CulturesJabril, Jibril(Arabic) Gabriel(Biblical) Gabriel(Biblical Greek) Gavri'el(Biblical Hebrew) Gabriel, Gabrihel(Biblical Latin) Gabriel, Biel(Catalan) Dzhabrail(Chechen) Gabrijel(Croatian) Gabriel(Czech) Gabriel(Danish) Gabriël(Dutch) Gabriel, Gabe(English) Gabriel, Kaapo, Kaapro(Finnish) Gabriel, Gaby(French) Gabriel(Georgian) Gabriel(German) Gavriil(Greek) Gavriel(Hebrew) Gábor, Gábriel, Gabi(Hungarian) Gabriele(Italian) Gabriels(Latvian) Gabrielius(Lithuanian) Gabriel(Norwegian) Gabriel(Polish) Gabriel, Gabi(Portuguese) Gavriil(Russian) Gavrilo(Serbian) Gabriel(Slovak) Gabrijel(Slovene) Gabriel, Gabi(Spanish) Gabriel(Swedish) Cebrail(Turkish) Havryil(Ukrainian) Gavrel(Yiddish)

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