Baby Boy Name Of The Day.

Gabriel

Gender: Male

Pronunciation: GAY-BREE-UL

Meaning: 'God's able-bodied one; Hero of God'

Origin: Hebrew

The name Gabriel is a male name which means 'God's able-bodied one' Able bodied meaning, physically fit and strong. The name also means 'Hero of God' which is a strong and valuble meaning to Christians which may influence Christian followers to name their son Gabriel. Christians may also name their son Gabriel after the angel Gabriel, which is the only archangel other than Angel Michael named in the canonical scriptures of the bible. The origin of the name Gabriel is Hebrew, Hebrew being a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family, culturally, Hebrew is considered the Jewish language, this gives the name Gabriel religous importance, but also a little history and moral behind the name. Gavriel is a Jewish variant of the name Gabriel and is popular in Russia. People may also name their son Gabriel after the actor Gabriel Byrne or if they are football fans may name their child after the footballer Roman Gabriel. Their is also a famous musician named Peter Gabriel which also may have an effect of parent's using the name Gabriel. Gabriel is a popular first name for men in the US ranking #220 out of 1220. It is also a very common last name ranking #1509 out of 88779. The name Gabriel was first recorded in the top 1000 baby boy names in 1800 and increased up until 1920 when it decreased slightly but between 1940 and 1970 had a massive increase in it's popularity. Between 1970 and now the name Gabriel has increased in popularity ever so slightly but is fairly even in it's yearly rankings.

Other variants of the name Gabriel:

• Gaybriel
• Gabbriel
• Gabriele

Similiar names to Gabriel:

• Gabbi
• Gabe
• Gabrian
• Gabrielli
• Gabriello
• Gavriel
• Gavril
• Gavrilo
• Gable

Nicknames for the name Gabriel:

• Gabe
• Gab
• Gabbi
• Bre
• Gabri
• El

Middle names that go well with Gabriel:

• Gabriel James
• Gabriel John
• Gabriel Luke
• Gabriel Lucas

Overall I consider the name Gabriel to have significent religious importance, and looked upon to be a common name, however I see the name Gabriel as being a 'normal' gender leniant name. Gabriel also has a valuble meaning even to those who arn't religous as it transfers into meaning 'physically fit and strong' or 'healthy' this is a good meaning as every parent wants their child to be healthy. However I don't particulary like Gabriel but I do like the female version; Gabrielle. I give the name Gabriel a five out of ten, four for the name itself and I added an extra point for the meaning.