Gabriele

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Გაბრიელე 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●

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

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◐

Gabriele is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• German given name459K records spelled Gabriele7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Italy, Austria, United States

  Languages: German, Dutch

  Also written Gabrielė, Gab-Riele

• English given name207K records spelled Gabriele6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Italy, Australia

  Also written Gabriële, Gabrielė, Gabriéle, Gabrièle

• a separate given name6.7K records spelled Gabriele8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Switzerland

  Also written Gabriel-E, Gabrielė, Gabriēle, Gabrie͏̈le, Gabrièle

• Polish given name6.4K records spelled Gabriele120 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Croatia, Czechia, Russia

  Languages: Polish, Croatian, Czech

  Also written Gabriel, Габриэль, Габриел, Габриель, Габриэл

• Norwegian Bokmål given name3.6K records spelled Gabriele11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Italy, United States

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Gabrielė, Gabrielé, Gabríele, Gabriéle

• Lithuanian given name3.5K records spelled Gabriele5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Lithuania, United Kingdom, United States, Italy

  Languages: Lithuanian, Latvian

  Also written Gabriēle, Ģăbŕiêlë, Gabrielė

70 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●

Gabriele 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.

• In German, a female given name, masculine equivalent Gabriel

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, Ebraico: 'uomo di Dio'; anche, secondo altra etimologia, 'fortezza di Dio'.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Se ebraico, R Uomo di Dio B; se aeeiro, come altri vogliono, < Fortezza di Dio s. Antica forma popolare lombarda Gabrio. Gabrino. Cogn. Gabrini. Cabrini, Brielli. Gaddo. Vedi Gerardo.

  as a name·Nomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche

• In Italian, forma ital. de Gabriel

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• Fortezza di Dio

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 72 years between 1954–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Gabriele d'Annunziob. 1863ITItalian writer, poet, playwright, soldier and politician (1863-1938)
• Gabriele Tintib. 1932ITItalian actor (1932-1991)
• Gabriele Laviab. 1942ITItalian actor, film director and theatre director
• Gabriele Venezianob. 1942ITItalian physicist (1942-)
• Gabriele Salvatoresb. 1950ITItalian film director and screenwriter
• Nenab. 1960DEnot in their usual nameGerman singer and actress
• Gabriele Reinschb. 1963DEGerman discus thrower
• Gabriele Muccinob. 1967ITItalian film director
• Gabry Ponteb. 1973ITnot in their usual nameItalian DJ and record producer
• Tatiana Maslanyb. 1985CAnot in their usual nameCanadian actress

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 855 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gabriele?

We estimate roughly 135 thousand people bear Gabriele (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Gabriele have the most bearers?

We estimate about 127 thousand people bear Gabriele in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled gabriele.

Where is Gabriele most common?

Gabriele is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.7 thousand people carrying it.

How common is Gabriele compared with other names?

In Brazil, Gabriele is the 322nd most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Gabriele a male or female name?

Gabriele is a female 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 Gabriele mean?

Recorded meaning: Biblical. See }Gabriel in main dictionary.