Gabriel

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of Γαβριηλ (Gabriel), a Greek form of the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) meaning 'fighter of God' [1]

First element (Gavri-):

Hebrew geber = 'man'
or
Hebrew gabar = 'to be strong'

Last element (-el):

Hebrew el = 'the Lord, God' (see ELI)

Related Names

     
Brialdur ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Gabrel ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Gabrial ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Gabriel ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Gabríel ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Gaprial ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Gauri ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Gaurilka ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Gauroi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kaaperi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kaapre ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kaaprel ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kaaprelli ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kaapri ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kaapro ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kauri ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kaurila ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kauro ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

For female forms see Gabriella and Gabrike
For pet forms see Gabi, Eli, Kaapo, Kassu

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

26 March

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

26 March

Finland Finland

24 March

Norway Norway

26 March

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

24 March

Sweden Sweden

24 March

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Gabriel
Accusative: Gabriel
Dative: Gabrieli
Genitive: Gabriels

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1386 [1]

Bible

Gabriel is one of the archangels

Namesakes

Count Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie (15th October, 1622 – 26th April, 1686, Swedish statesman and military

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[2] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 2 15 7904 14060
Norway Norway[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 1282 1819
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 n.a. 854 n.a
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 3 n.a 4541
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[2][4][3][5]:Name statistics for Gabriel(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[3]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Gabriel(m)


Sources: [2] [4] [3] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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