Gabriël
given name · Latin script
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 8 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/ˈɣaː.briˌɛl/(recorded in a dictionary) Dutch · from Wiktionary
Gabriël is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country: 1,211,227 people, counted by IBGE in 2022, which ranks it 12th. 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).
- BRBrazil1 in 175(measured from records)
- ECEcuador1 in 419
- SESweden1 in 430
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Gabriël itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 567 (measured from records)
- 1 in 175 (inferred from the name graph)
1,211,227 people, 2022
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: 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.
How to pronounce Gabriël
- Dutch:/ˈɣaː.briˌɛl/(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
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).
Cited for this meaning 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 27 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Gabriël 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 | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 26M | — | 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).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Gabriël is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Dutch, Gabriel (Biblical archangel)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Gabriël Vigevenob. 1888NLDutch fencer (1888-1952)
- Gabriël Raub. 1998BEBelgian professional League of Legends player
- Gabriël Culhacib. 1999NLDutch association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)17 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gabriël 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.
- What are other forms of the name Gabriël?
- In the etymology graph, Gabe, Cebrail and Jibril are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Gabriël?
- In Dutch /ˈɣaː.briˌɛl/ (Wiktionary).
- Is Gabriël a male or female name?
- Gabriël is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Netherlands (Meertens NVB).
- Which countries have the most people named Gabriël?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 1.2 million people named Gabriël, more than in any other country we hold. After it come United States, Spain, Poland and Ecuador; the country table on this page ranks them.
- Where is Gabriël most common?
- Gabriël is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 175 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Gabriël?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 1,211,227 people named Gabriël in 2022, about 1 in 175 residents.
- How common is Gabriël compared with other names?
- In Nigeria, Gabriël is the 96th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.
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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, “Gabriël” — ranked 12th in Brazil (IBGE, 2022). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.