Gabriel

given name · Portuguese · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Gabriel is a given name, most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is the 16th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Portuguese and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From the Hebrew personal name Gavriel, literally ‘God has given me strength’.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina1 in 162◐
  • BRBrazil1 in 175
  • PYParaguay1 in 330

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈2.0M ●

across 16 countries

#71 ●

of 16M given names

6 ●

recorded for this name

Sources
477 ●

4.8M records

Official registry-verified

1 in 175 ◐

Brazil

Spellings & scripts●

GabrielLatin · Portuguese●14M records
GabrielThai · Portuguese●0 records
ᲒაბრიელGeorgian · Georgian●12K records
ΓαβριηλGreek · Greek●670 records
ԳաբրիելArmenian · Armenian●15 records
ГавриилCyrillic · Tajik●1 records

Locally spelled Გაბრიელ in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

From the Hebrew personal name Gavriel, literally ‘God has given me strength’.

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Gabriel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina#164,208,0292.3M rec.—3.1KGabriel196
BR Brazil#151,211,227△433K rec.1 in 1751.2MGabriel272
MX Mexico#76749,216619K rec.——Gabriel255
VE Venezuela#61349,510218K rec.——Gabriel123
US United States#665341,267438K rec.1 in 975341KGabriel477
PE Peru#122235,522195K rec.——Gabriel115
CL Chile#79231,66721K rec.—1Gabriel168
FR France—207,260△9 rec.1 in 327207K—7
CO Colombia#108100,11439K rec.——Gabriel190
PY Paraguay#2595,57053K rec.——Gabriel71
ES Spain#10074,511104K rec.1 in 67175KGabriel220
PL Poland—47,622△10 rec.1 in 80448K—1

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • Portuguese14M55%
  • Spanish7M27%
  • English2.5M9%
  • French1M4%
  • Polish229K1%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Portuguese14,345,97855%
Spanish6,975,79227%
English2,473,3429%
French1,048,4054%
Polish228,9811%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Gabriel is also recorded as 9 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name3.1M records spelled Gabriel86 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Venezuela, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Gabriël, Gaebriel, Gabriél, Ga'Briel, Gabrièl

  • French given name1.2M records spelled Gabriel7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Belgium

    Also written Gabriël, Gäbrïël, Gabriél, Gabrièl

  • Polish given name315K records spelled Gabriel120 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Croatia, Czechia, Russia

    Languages: Polish, Croatian, Czech

    Also written Габриэль, Габриел, Gabriele, Габриель, Габриэл

  • Swahili given name230K records spelled Gabriel4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kenya, Nigeria, United States, Tanzania

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Yoruba

    Also written Gabriël

  • a separate given name114K records spelled Gabriel9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, India, Spain

    Also written Gabriël, Gabrie͏̈l, Gabriêl, Gabriél, Gabrīel

  • Catalan given name77K records spelled Gabriel3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Argentina, Andorra, France

    Languages: Catalan, French

    Also written Gabrielius

  • Romanian given name67K records spelled Gabriel14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania, United States, Moldova, Spain

    Also written Gabriël, Găbriêl, Gabrièl, Ġabřiel, Gäbriel

  • Norwegian Bokmål given name49K records spelled Gabriel26 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, United States, Sweden

    Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

    Also written Gabriël, Gäbřiël, Gåbrîël, Gabrièl, Gabríel

  • Finnish given name34K records spelled Gabriel3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, United States, Estonia, Spain

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Gabriël

130 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Gabriel is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • The name Gabriel is a timeless and globally recognized name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength." Associated with the powerful and benevolent Archangel Gabriel, a messenger of good news and revelation, the name carries connotations of strength, clarity, and divine protection.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • The name Gabriel comes from the Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (Gaḇrīʾēl), which is a combination of the words 'gever' (גֶּבֶר), meaning "strong man" or "hero," and 'El' (אֵל), meaning "God." It is commonly translated as "God is my strength" or "Man of God."

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • In Hebrew, Heb. gabrí + El: 'my strong man/protector' or 'God is my protector'.

    as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios

  • In English, Hebrew, ‘strong man of God’; also used in Ireland. Bearer: Gabriel Redmond, Chevalier de St Louis, Irish captain in French army.

    as a nameIrish first names

  • In French, From Hebrew Gavri'el, 'God is my strength'; archangel Gabriel.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

05K10K15K19001950200013K · 2008

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Gabriel in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1880–2025
Yearrecords
188015
188117
188220
188310
188421
188511
188613
188718
188813
18899
189015
189110
189210
189316
189422
189514
189618
189710
189817
189912
190019
190121
190223
190318
190414
190529
190616
190721
190834
190939
191041
191147
191284
1913114
1914131
1915173
1916174
1917190
1918190
1919191
1920201
1921219
1922194
1923209
1924235
1925202
1926202
1927247
1928255
1929237
1930220
1931209
1932184
1933188
1934163
1935178
1936202
1937172
1938170
1939153
1940193
1941206
1942194
1943199
1944194
1945163
1946173
1947236
1948216
1949265
1950258
1951246
1952262
1953275
1954291
1955332
1956345
1957384
1958362
1959449
1960427
1961551
1962573
1963581
1964617
1965620
1966547
1967644
1968735
1969864
19701,244
19711,573
19721,920
19731,980
19742,232
19752,431
19763,303
19773,346
19783,126
19793,235
19803,493
19813,373
19823,363
19833,269
19843,325
19853,215
19863,046
19873,079
19883,119
19893,038
19903,699
19914,414
19924,336
19934,375
19945,539
19955,713
19965,900
19976,406
19987,068
19997,369
20008,681
200110,917
200212,059
200312,522
200411,563
200512,759
200612,543
200712,911
200813,041
200912,834
201012,891
201112,367
201211,580
201311,245
201410,961
201510,913
201610,279
20179,178
20188,439
20197,768
20207,172
20217,302
20227,257
20236,786
20246,410
20256,569

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

18001850190019502000Jules Verne, b. 1828Gabriel Lippmann, b. 1845Carlos I of Portugal, b. 1863Jean Monnet, b. 1888Manuel II of Portugal, b. 1889Robert Mugabe, b. 1924Alan García, b. 1949Gabriel Batistuta, b. 1969Gabriel Boric, b. 1986Gabriel Attal, b. 1989
  • Jules Verneb. 1828FRnot in their usual nameFrench writer (1828–1905)
  • Gabriel Lippmannb. 1845FRLuxembourgish physicist nationalized French (1845-1921)
  • Carlos I of Portugalb. 1863PTnot in their usual nameKing of Portugal from 1889 to 1908 (1863–1908)
  • Jean Monnetb. 1888FRnot in their usual nameFrench political economist regarded by as a chief architect of European unity (1888-1979)
  • Manuel II of Portugalb. 1889PTnot in their usual nameKing of Portugal (1889–1932)
  • Robert Mugabeb. 1924ZWnot in their usual name2nd President of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017
  • Alan Garcíab. 1949PEnot in their usual namePresident of Peru (1985–1990 and 2006–2011)
  • Gabriel Batistutab. 1969ARArgentine association football player
  • Gabriel Boricb. 1986CLpresident of Chile from 2022 to 2026
  • Gabriel Attalb. 1989FRPrime Minister of France in 2024

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 186 sources across 95 countries.

Official registers attesting Gabriel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)20221.2M—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—1.2M#12
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—932K#37
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes no Brasil API (Census 2010 + 2022)—923K#12
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020341K#144
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024207K#1
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)202095K—
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—75K#127
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—72K#61
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202648K#95
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—45K#96
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names202440K#52

Reference works 9

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
  • Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 2,316 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gabriel?
We estimate roughly 2.0 million people bear Gabriel (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.
In which country does Gabriel have the most bearers?
Gabriel is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled gabriel.
How common is Gabriel compared with other names?
In Argentina, Gabriel is the 16th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.
Is Gabriel a male or female name?
Gabriel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Gabriel mean?
Recorded meaning: From the Hebrew personal name Gavriel, literally ‘God has given me strength’.
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About this data

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Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gabriel” — the 16th most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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