Shem Tov Boy's nameIn Israel: hardly given today
GavriIn Hebrew: גברי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: גַּבְרִיRomanization: gávri
Gavri (Hebrew: גברי) is a boy's name. 47 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
- People in Israel
- 47
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
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- not in the list
- Peak year
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- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Gavri
In Hebrew letters the name is גברי, read right to left. Gavri is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "gávri" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a diminutive of the male given name גַּבְרִיאֵל (gavriél)
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Gavri by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Gavri
How do you write Gavri in Hebrew?
Gavri is written גברי in Hebrew (with vowel points: גַּבְרִי). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "gávri".
How many people in Israel are named Gavri?
47 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name גברי: 0 women and 47 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Gavri a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named גברי are men.
What does the name Gavri mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a diminutive of the male given name גַּבְרִיאֵל (gavriél)"
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.