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Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady

GavrielIn Hebrew: גבריאל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: גַּבְרִיאֵלRomanization: gavri'él, gaḇrīʾēl

Gavriel (Hebrew: גבריאל) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 15,039 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 280 boys and ranked #69. Its peak year was 1957, with 302 babies.

People in Israel
15,039
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
280
rank #69
Peak year
1957
302 babies
USA, 2025
115
rank #1,514

Writing and saying Gavriel

In Hebrew letters the name is גבריאל, read right to left. Gavriel is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "gavri'él, gaḇrīʾēl" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • Gabriel (an archangel associated with carrying messages from God.)
  • a male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel
From גַּבְרִי אֵל (gavrí 'él, gaḇrī ʾēl, “my hero is God”)

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Gavriel by year: Israel and abroad

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).

Gavriel: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Gavriel in English-speaking countries

Gavriel in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025115#1,5142025 (115)
United Kingdom202512#2,0882025 (12)
England and Wales202512#2,0122025 (12)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Gavriel has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Gavriel

How do you write Gavriel in Hebrew?

Gavriel is written גבריאל in Hebrew (with vowel points: גַּבְרִיאֵל). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "gavri'él, gaḇrīʾēl".

How many people in Israel are named Gavriel?

15,039 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name גבריאל: 526 women and 14,513 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 Gavriel a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 96.5% of the people named גבריאל are men.

What does the name Gavriel mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "Gabriel (an archangel associated with carrying messages from God.)" Etymology: From גַּבְרִי אֵל (gavrí 'él, gaḇrī ʾēl, “my hero is God”)

Is Gavriel used outside Israel?

The name Gavriel appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 115 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,514), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 12 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

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.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.