Gabi

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.

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Gabi is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 4 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• German47%

  ) Gaby: weibl. Vom., Koseform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Spanish17%

  a diminutive of the female given name Gabriela, equivalent to English Gabby

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English11%

  Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Portuguese6.5%

  a diminutive of the female given name Gabriela

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Gabi is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name29 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, Brazil, United States, Peru

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Gäbï, Gabï, Gabí, Gâbî, Gäbi

• Hebrew given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, United States, Spain, Italy

  Also written גאבי, Gavi, Gaṿye, Gãbi, Gâbi

• French given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Cameroon, Romania

  Also written Gabï, Gãbî, Gabî, Gàbi

• Polish given name26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia

  Languages: Polish, Bulgarian, Croatian

  Also written Габи, Gábi, Gaby, Gabí, Gábí

• Romanian given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, Italy, United States, Spain

  Also written Găbi, Gàbï

57 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Gabi is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Cebuano, taro (Colocasia esculenta)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In klg, night

  as a word·kaikki.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.

• Gabi Amranib. 1934ILIsraeli actor
• Gabi Kubachb. 1944DEGerman film director
• Gabi Gazitb. 1947ILIsraeli journalist
• Gabi Ashkenazib. 1954ILIsraeli military officer and politician
• Gabriele Zimmerb. 1955DEnot in their usual nameGerman politician
• Gabi Hiftb. 1958ATAustrian actress
• Gabi Müllerb. 1974CHcanoeist
• Gabi Greckob. 1989USrapper
• Gabi Kanichowskyb. 1997ILIsraeli association footballer
• Gabi Nunesb. 1997BRBrazilian 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).

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.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Is Gabi a male or female name?

Gabi is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as female; Brazil (IBGE, 2022): listed as female; Spain (INE): listed under both sexes; Netherlands (Meertens NVB): listed as female. We don't publish a percentage split.

Where does the name Gabi come from?

Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Gabi?

In the etymology graph, Gabe, Gabby and Bree are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Gabi?

It depends on the language: in Spanish /ˈɡa.β̞i/ (Wiktionary); in Portuguese /ɡaˈbi/ (Wiktionary).

What does the name Gabi mean?

In Spanish, a diminutive of the female given name Gabriela, equivalent to English Gabby

In which country does Gabi have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 39 thousand people named Gabi in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gabi.

How common is the name Gabi?

In Brazil, the national register counted 868 people named Gabi in 2022, about 1 in 244 thousand residents.

How common is Gabi compared with other names?

In Germany, Gabi is the 340th most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.