Gabriel
Meaning: Its source is Gavriel, a Hebrew name meaning "Hero of God."
Languages: This boy's name is used in Hebrew, German, English, French, Spanish, Hungarian, Polish, Czech and Romanian.
Source Forms: Gavriel
Popularity: The name Gabriel ranked 35th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 220th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
This name was popular earlier in the 20th century, then fell off in usage, but has begun making a comeback in recent years.
Arts and Music
- Gabriel Fauré (born 1845, died 1924)
French composer.
- Composed Requiem (see list of Romantic Composers)
Leadership
- Gabriel Duval (born 1752, died 1844)
American jurist.
- U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1811-36 (see list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices)
Miscellaneous
- Gabriel
Archangel who announced the coming of John the Baptist and Jesus.
- Appears in Luke (see list of Biblical Names from the New Testament)
Science and Philosophy
- Gabriel Fahrenheit (born 1686, died 1736)
German-Dutch physicist.
- Developed the mercury thermometer and the temperature scale that bears his name (see list of Mathematicians, Physicists & Astronomers)
- Gabriel Lippmann (born 1845, died 1921)
French physicist who invented the color photographic plate.
- 1908 Nobel Prize winner in Physics (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
The Literary World
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez (born 1928)
Colombian novelist and short-story writer associated with ''magical realism.''
- 1982 Nobel Prize winner for Literature (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature)
- Author of One Hundred Years of Solitude (see list of Authors of some of the most frequently banned books between 1990-99, in the United States)
Teasing Nicknames:
- Gab
- Gay
- Gabey the Baby
- Gabey the Goober
- Gabby Gabe
- Gaby Babbly
- Gabe the Babe
Associations:
The expression ''Blow, Gabriel, blow'' refers to an African-American folktale about a boy named Gabriel who scares his church congregation by playing his trumpet during a sermon about the angel Gabriel.
''Gabriel'' is an African-American slang term for a trumpet player.
The ''gift of gab'' is the ability to speak well about a variety of topics.
Meaning: Its source is Gavriela, a Hebrew name meaning "Hero of God."
Popularity: The name Gabriel ranked 934th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 2035th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
Though this name appears on the 1990 U.S. Census lists, it is used by only a small percentage of the general population.
This name is usually reserved for boys. In part, it may owe its position on the US Census popularity list to incorrectly filled-out census forms.
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Associations:
The expression ''Blow, Gabriel, blow'' refers to an African-American folktale about a boy named Gabriel who scares his church congregation by playing his trumpet during a sermon about the angel Gabriel.
The ''gift of gab'' is the ability to speak well about a variety of topics.
''Gabriel'' is an African American slang term for a trumpet player.
