From Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ, from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל, from גֶּבֶר and אֵל, from sem-pro *ʾil-.

• IPA: /ˈɡeɪbɹi.əl/

1. A male given name.
   • 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:

     Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel or Michael, giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.

2. An archangel associated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Daniel 9:21 ↗:
     :

     Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Luke 1:26 ↗:
     :

     And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

3. Surname.

• pet form: Gabe
• female given names: Gabriela, Gabriella, Gabrielle

• French: Gabriel
• German: Gabriel
• Italian: Gabriele, Gabriello
• Portuguese: Gabriel
• Russian: Гаврии́л
• Spanish: Gabriel

• French: Gabriel
• German: Gabriel
• Italian: Gabriele
• Portuguese: Gabriel
• Russian: Гаврии́л
• Spanish: Gabriel