Gabriella

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Gabriela in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, MX Mexico and 9 more, Gabrielle in US United States, AU Australia, CA Canada and 3 more, Gabrijela in HR Croatia and גבריאלה in IL Israel.

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 18 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◐

Gabriella is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name487K records spelled Gabriella27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Italy, Spain

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Italian

  Also written Gabriëlla, Gabriélla, Gabrïella, Gabriellà, Gabríella

• English given name258K records spelled Gabriella22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Australia, Italy

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Gabriëlla, Gabriélla, Gabrièlla, Gabríella, Gabríëlla

• a separate given name15K records spelled Gabriella3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Gabriëlla, Gabrie͏̈lla

• Indonesian given name8.8K records spelled Gabriella4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Italy, Philippines

  Also written 'Gabriella, Gabriëlla, Gabriella'

• Thai given name575 records spelled Gabriella4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Italy

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Gabriell

61 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●

Gabriella 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 English, A female given name from Hebrew from the Italian feminine form of Gabriel.

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

• In Swedish, Gabriella (m.fl. former) är en feminin bildning till → Gabriel. I den rikssvenska almanackan 19 februari och i den finlandssvenska 24 mars.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In French, Forme italienne de Gabrielle, de l’hébreu gavri’el « force de Dieu »; fête de saint Gabriel (29 sept.).

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In German, weibl. Vom., italienische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• 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) — 121 years between 1890–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Gabriella Pallottab. 1938ITItalian film actress
• Gabriella Pescuccib. 1941ITItalian costume designer
• Gabrielle Carterisb. 1961USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Gabrielleb. 1969GBnot in their usual nameBritish singer and songwriter
• Lena Hallb. 1980USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Gabriella Windsorb. 1981GBnoblewoman; English freelance writer (born 1981); daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent
• Gabriella Wildeb. 1989GBBritish actress
• Gabriella Cilmib. 1991AUAustralian singer
• Gabriella Papadakisb. 1995FRFrench ice dancer
• Gabriella de Monacob. 2014MCdaughter of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and Charlene, Princess of Monaco

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 · 1,186 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gabriella?

We estimate roughly 1.0 million people bear Gabriella (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Gabriella have the most bearers?

Gabriella is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled gabriela.

Where is Gabriella most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gabriella is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 172 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Gabriella compared with other names?

In Argentina, Gabriella is the 65th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Gabriella a male or female name?

Gabriella 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 Gabriella mean?

Recorded meaning: Feminine of Gabriel, Hebrew 'God is my strength'.