Gabriele - Origin and Meaning of the name

The girl name Gabriele [ 3 syll. ga-brie-le, gab-ri-ele ] is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced GaaBRiyEHL ^KEY. Gabriele is of Hebrew origin and it is used mainly in German. The meaning of Gabriele is 'man of God, hero of God; my strength is God'. Biblical name derived from geber which means 'man, strong man' ; el which means 'God, powerful'. The generic name has been used in various contexts, including the New Testament of the Bible and the Old Testament. Gabriele is the feminine form of the Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Gabriel.

Forms of Gabriele include the English Brielle, the English Gabriel, the Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Romanian Gabriela, the Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Romanian Gabriella, and the English and French Gabrielle. The pet forms Gabi (German) and Gaby (German) are other variants of the name.

Gabriele is uncommon as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Gabriele, the Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Romanian Gabriella was the most regularly used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Gabriele include the English Gabriel, the English and French Gabrielle, the Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Romanian Gabriela, and the Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Romanian Gabriella.

^KEY: English pronunciation for Gabriele: 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)"

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for Gabriele
from 1900 to 2007

Variant Popularity Chart
for Gabriele
in 2007