Gabby

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Diminutive of GABRIEL or GABRIELLE.

GABRIEL   male   French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Catalan, English, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) meaning "God is my strong man". Gabriel was one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition, often appearing as a messenger of God. In the Old Testament he is sent to interpret the visions of the prophet Daniel, while in the New Testament he serves as the announcer of the births of John to Zechariah and Jesus to Mary. According to Islamic tradition he was the angel who dictated the Qur'an to Muhammad.

This name has been used occasionally in England since the 12th century. It was not common in the English-speaking world until the end of the 20th century.
GABRIELLE   female   French, English
French feminine form of GABRIEL. This was the real name of French fashion designer Coco Chanel (1883-1971).
GABRIEL   male   French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Catalan, English, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) meaning "God is my strong man". Gabriel was one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition, often appearing as a messenger of God. In the Old Testament he is sent to interpret the visions of the prophet Daniel, while in the New Testament he serves as the announcer of the births of John to Zechariah and Jesus to Mary. According to Islamic tradition he was the angel who dictated the Qur'an to Muhammad.

This name has been used occasionally in England since the 12th century. It was not common in the English-speaking world until the end of the 20th century.
FULL FORMS
ENGLISH: Gabriel, Gabriella, Gabrielle
EQUIVALENTS
ARABIC: Jabril, Jibril
BIBLICAL GREEK: Gabriel
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Gavri'el
BIBLICAL LATIN: Gabriel
BIBLICAL: Gabriel
BULGARIAN: Gabriela, Gavrail, Gavril
CATALAN: Biel, Gabriel
CHECHEN: Dzhabrail
CROATIAN: Gabriela, Gabrijel, Gabrijela
CZECH: Gabriel, Gabriela
DANISH: Gabriel
DUTCH: Gabriël, Gabriëlle
ENGLISH: Briella, Brielle, Gabe
FINNISH: Gabriel, Kaapo, Kaapro
FRENCH: Gabriel, Gabrielle
GERMAN: Gabi, Gabriel, Gabriela, Gabriele
GREEK: Gavriil
HEBREW: Gavriel
HUNGARIAN: Gabi, Gábor, Gábriel, Gabriella
ITALIAN: Gabriele, Gabriella
LATVIAN: Gabriels
LITHUANIAN: Gabrielė, Gabrielius
MACEDONIAN: Gavril
NORWEGIAN: Gabriel
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Gavriilu
POLISH: Gabriel, Gabriela
PORTUGUESE: Gabriel, Gabriela
ROMANIAN: Gabi, Gabriel, Gabriela, Gavril, Gavrila
RUSSIAN: Gavriil, Gavriila
SERBIAN: Gavrilo
SLOVAK: Gabriel, Gabriela
SLOVENE: Gabrijel
SPANISH: Gabriel, Gabriela
SWEDISH: Gabriel, Gabriella
TURKISH: Cebrail
UKRAINIAN: Havryil
YIDDISH: Gavrel
MASCULINE FORMS
ARABIC: Jabril, Jibril
BIBLICAL GREEK: Gabriel
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Gavri'el
BIBLICAL LATIN: Gabriel
BIBLICAL: Gabriel
BULGARIAN: Gavrail, Gavril
CATALAN: Biel, Gabriel
CHECHEN: Dzhabrail
CROATIAN: Gabrijel
CZECH: Gabriel
DANISH: Gabriel
DUTCH: Gabriël
ENGLISH: Gabe, Gabriel
FINNISH: Gabriel, Kaapo, Kaapro
FRENCH: Gabriel
GERMAN: Gabriel
GREEK: Gavriil
HEBREW: Gavriel
HUNGARIAN: Gabi, Gábor, Gábriel
ITALIAN: Gabriele
LATVIAN: Gabriels
LITHUANIAN: Gabrielius
MACEDONIAN: Gavril
NORWEGIAN: Gabriel
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Gavriilu
POLISH: Gabriel
PORTUGUESE: Gabriel
ROMANIAN: Gabi, Gabriel, Gavril
RUSSIAN: Gavriil
SERBIAN: Gavrilo
SLOVAK: Gabriel
SLOVENE: Gabrijel
SPANISH: Gabriel
SWEDISH: Gabriel
TURKISH: Cebrail
UKRAINIAN: Havryil
YIDDISH: Gavrel
FEMININE FORMS
BULGARIAN: Gabriela
CROATIAN: Gabriela, Gabrijela
CZECH: Gabriela
DUTCH: Gabriëlle
ENGLISH: Briella, Brielle, Gabriella, Gabrielle
FRENCH: Gabrielle
GERMAN: Gabi, Gabriela, Gabriele
HUNGARIAN: Gabi, Gabriella
ITALIAN: Gabriella
LITHUANIAN: Gabrielė
POLISH: Gabriela
PORTUGUESE: Gabriela
ROMANIAN: Gabi, Gabriela, Gavrila
RUSSIAN: Gavriila
SLOVAK: Gabriela
SPANISH: Gabriela
SWEDISH: Gabriella