text: short form of GABRIEL (masculine) or GABRIELLE (feminine)\nGabrielle  (Hebrew) meaning: 'God is my strength' or 'God's able-bodied one; hero of God' \nwhat a beautiful name!\n\nMore detailled info if you're interested:\n\nThe boy's and girl's name Gabriel is pronounced GAY-bree-el. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "God's able-bodied one; hero of God." Biblical: the archangel Gabriel is the only angel besides Michael named in the canonical Scriptures. Gavriel is a Jewish variant popular in Russia. Musician Peter Gabriel; author Gabriel Farcia Marquez; football player Roman Gabriel; actor Gabriel Byrne.\n\nGabriel has 15 variant forms: Gab, Gabbi, Gabbie, Gabby, Gabe, Gabi, Gabie, Gabrian, Gabriele, Gabrielli, Gabriello, Gaby, Gavriel, Gavril and Gavrilo.\n\nGabriel is a very popular male first name, ranking 220 out of 1219 for males of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census. Gabriel is a very popular surname, ranking 1509 out of 88799 for people of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.