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Gabriele (Italian), Gabriello (Italian), Gavril (Yiddish), and Gábor (Hungarian) are variants of Gabriel. Gabriel is a very popular baby name for boys, and it is also viewed as fairly trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1900s. Its usage peaked recently in 2005 with 0.599% of baby boys being given the name Gabriel. It ranked at #28 then. In 2007, its usage was 0.583% and its ranking #28, and it was the most frequently used among all boy names in its group. In the past century Gabriel has mostly been a boy name. In 2001, the name Gabriel was given to 44 times as many boys than girls. Baby names that sound like Gabriel include Gabriele (Italian), Gabriello (Italian), and Gavril (Yiddish). KEY: Pronunciation for Gabriel: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" A famous person named Gabriel is Poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti, born Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti, 12 May 1828 - 9 April 1882, London, England.
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