| The girl name Gabriela [ 4 syll. ga-brie-la, gab-ri-ela ] is pronounced as GaaBRiyEHLah KEY. Gabriela is used predominantly in the Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Romanian languages. It is derived from Hebrew origins. Gabriella (variant spelling in Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Romanian) is a form of Gabriela. Gabriela is a variant form of the name Gabriele (German). Gabriela is a popular baby girl name. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1960s; before that, it was of very light use only. At the modest peak of its usage in 2003, 0.168% of baby girls were given the name Gabriela. It was #102 in rank then. In 2007, its usage was 0.135% and its ranking #118. Out of the family of girl names directly linked to Gabriela, Gabriella (Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Romanian) was the most popular. In 2007, the name was twice as popular as Gabriela. Baby names that sound like Gabriela include Gabriella (Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Romanian), Gabriel (English), Gabriele (German), and Gabrielle (English and French). KEY: English pronunciation for Gabriela: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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