How to say it
ga · bri · EL · a
/ˌɡæb.riˈɛl.ə/
Feminine
Gabriela
God is my strength
What it means
The feminine of Gabriel, from the Hebrew for 'God is my strength.'
Gabriela is the feminine of Gabriel, from the Hebrew Gavri'el, 'God is my strength,' the name of the archangel who announced the births of John and Jesus. The single-l Gabriela is the Spanish and Portuguese spelling, beloved across Latin America, where the poet Gabriela Mistral became the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Italian and English double it to Gabriella. Gabi is the universal short.
Popularity over time
peaked at #102 in 2003, currently #317 in 2025.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving
Heads-up notes
- Nickname
Gabi is the everyday short.
- Spelling
Gabriela is the Spanish form; Gabriella is the Italian and English one.
Who's worn it
Historical figures, characters, and public faces who share the name. The cultural surface, for whatever weight you want to give it.
- Gabriela Mistral Chilean poet, first Latin American Nobel laureate in Literature
Spelling variants
- Gabriella
- Gabrielle
- Gabriele
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