Gabrîel
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Gabrîel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. In Nigeria it is the 96th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Latin Gabriēl, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (Gaḇrīʾḗl), from גֶּבֶר (géver) + אֵל (ʾēl).
- ESSpain1 in 671(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 957
- NGNigeria≈1 in 32M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 567 (measured from records)
- 1 in 175 (inferred from the name graph)
1,211,227 people, 2022
Highest-authority source
Brazil
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Gabriel in US United States, NG Nigeria, ES Spain and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- LatinGabriēl(measured from records)
- Ancient GreekΓαβρῑήλGabrīḗl(measured from records)
- Biblical HebrewגַּבְרִיאֵלGaḇrīʾḗl(measured from records)
Borrowed from Latin Gabriēl, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (Gaḇrīʾḗl), from גֶּבֶר (géver) + אֵל (ʾēl).
Sources 12
- A concise dictionary of first names
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
Attested across 30 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gabrîel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | — | 1,211,227 | 1 in 175 | 1.2M | — | 10 |
| US United States | #451 | 347,542 | 1 in 957 | 341K | Gabriel | 567 |
| ES Spain | #730 | 74,511 | 1 in 671 | 75K | Gabriel | 143 |
| PL Poland | — | 47,622 | 1 in 804 | 48K | — | 5 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 40,301 | 1 in 419 | 40K | — | 57 |
| SE Sweden | — | 23,705 | 1 in 430 | 24K | Gabriel | 111 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 8,638 | 1 in 590 | 8.6K | — | 3 |
| MD Moldova | — | 7,238 | 1 in 465 | 7.2K | — | 14 |
| NG Nigeria | #96 | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 32M | — | Gabriel | 140 |
1,211,227 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); INEC — civil registry names; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; e-services.md — living population register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gabrîel mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Latin Gabriēl, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (Gaḇrīʾḗl), from גֶּבֶר (géver) + אֵל (ʾēl). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 10 other sources.
- Is Gabrîel a male or female name?
- Gabrîel is a male 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.
- In which country does Gabrîel have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 1.2 million people named Gabrîel, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Gabrîel most common?
- Gabrîel is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 175 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Gabrîel?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 1,211,227 people named Gabrîel in 2022, about 1 in 175 residents.
- How common is Gabrîel compared with other names?
- In Nigeria, Gabrîel is the 96th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gabr%C3%AEelThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gabrîel” — the 96th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.