A male name. (Italian Gabriele, Russian Gavril) Hebrew ‘God is mighty’, the name of the Archangel of the Annunciation. It was never a common christian name, but occurs from time to time, sometimes in the form Gabel or Gabell, from the 12th C and has never quite died out. There are very few churches dedicated to the archangel, but it was a common dedication for bells, the angelus being rung on the Gabriel or Angelus bell.

Gabriel Curia Regis Rolls 1199, 1200, 1210, Hundred Rolls 1273, Feudal Aids 1316. Gabell Hundred Rolls 1273. Gabryell Records of St. Mary at Hill, 1420-1559 (E.E.T.S. 125-8) 1480.

A female name. in the Middle Ages Gabriel (in Latin Gabriela or Gabella) was used aa a woman's as well as a man’s name. The mod French Gabrielle is now sometimes used to distinguish the f.

In Hebrew, it means ‘hero of God’, ‘God is my strength’ or ‘God is my excellency’ (? ‘source of merit’), and it is ‘common to England, France, Germany, and Spain’ (Swan). Gabriel was that archangel who ‘strengthened Daniel, and who brought the promise to Zacharias and to the Blessed Virgin. His name is chiefly used by the Slavonians’ (Yonge), and is becoming rare in the British Empire.

The Scripture name, in Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל, Gabriyél, from gébher-El, man of God. Simonis renders it ‘vir Dei,’ i. e. legatus Dei; and Alexander translates it ‘the mighty one [or hero] of God.’ The nickname is Gab.

Hebrew (masculine) - God is my strength

Gay'-bre-el, God is my strength. One of the principal angels in heaven, sent to Daniel to explain to him certain visions. Dan. viii. 16; ix. 21. The same angel was sent to Zacharias. Luke i. 19. Also to Mary. Luke i. 26.

Meaning: man of God (i.e., man in the sense of prevailer).

A Hebrew name, meaning: In God is my strength: man of God: hero of God.