Gabriel

name

Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew גבריאלbor. Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl)bor. Latin Gabrielder. English Gabriel From Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God, deity”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-. Doublet of Jibril.

1. A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew].

   “Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel or Michael, giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.”

   “"I'm the only Gabriel in the whole school," I told my father. "You don't have to whisper it from the tomb, lad. You should thank your mother and me for giving you a handle that people notice. You ought to be pleased, not down in the dumps. Backstreet Gabriels aren't bumped into on every corner, remember.”

2. A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew].

   “Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.”

   “And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,”

3. A surname originating as a patronymic.