MEANING & HISTORY
What does Gabriela mean?
Gabriela is a feminine formation in the Gabriel name family, documented in Spanish and English. The older Hebrew base combines man or strong man and God.
A later feminine form inherits that name relationship without changing the older word into a literal description of the bearer’s gender. Gabriela and Gabriella therefore share a history while retaining different exact spellings. The religious messenger association belongs to the biblical Gabriel tradition; messenger is not the lexical translation of Gabriela itself.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Spanish / English
Dictionary accounts by language
English
A female given name from Hebrew, a latinate feminine form of Gabriel.
Wiktionary: Gabriela (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Spanish
a female given name, masculine equivalent Gabriel, equivalent to English Gabriella
Wiktionary: Gabriela (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Gabriela
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Gab Pangilinan
Filipino actress and singer (born 1991)
Descriptions: Wikidata contributors (CC0).
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Names in this collection
- Gabriel♂Man of God; also interpreted through strength and God
- Gabriella♀Italian feminine form of Gabriel
- Gabrielle♀Feminine form of Gabriel; God is my strength
- Aniela♀Messenger, through Angela
- Carmela♀From Mount Carmel; Hebrew garden
- Gamaliela·Documented Malagasy biblical form of Gamaliel
- Marcela♀Feminine form of Marcelo or Marcellus
- Adela♀Noble; from the Germanic adal element
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- Wikidata
- 1 person records with this given name · Q11971424 · CC0
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- Wikidata given-name item Q11971424 — Gabriela (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Gab Pangilinan (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Gabriela (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Gabriela (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources — Gabriel (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — gabriel (opens in a new tab)