Gabriela is the feminine form of Gabriel, which originated from the Hebrew name Gavri’el meaning ‘God is my strong man’ or ‘God’s hero’. Therefore, the name Gabriela means ‘God’s heroine’.
Gabriela is a female first name. In very rare cases it is also used for boys.
The name Gabriela isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Gabriela ranks 252. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 7 were named Gabriela. In the entire USA, approximately 80,881 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Gabriela. That is 0.02 % of all living Americans.
This is a real surprise! Gabriela is a name that has been around for a long time, but only really took off in the 21st century. In the year 2003, it reached its best rank at #98 according to our SmartGenius statistics. This makes Gabriela much more popular than in previous generations, where it was so rare for several years that it was not even recorded in the statistics. While the name Gabriela was observed for the first time ever in 1903, it now seems to have found its place in the zeitgeist of the 21st century. In 2003, the year of its highest popularity, the name was given a total of 3,368 times. Whether this beautiful girls' name can repeat or even exceed its previous best ranking in the coming years remains to be seen, but the prospects are promising given the positive trend.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Gabriela was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
In 2022, Gabriela ranked #308 in our SmartGenius statistics. In absolute figures, this means it was given to newborn girls a total of 950 times. No one knows what names (or combinations of numbers and letters) will be popular 50 years from now, but given its popularity in the early years of this millennium, there is a good chance that Gabriela will not disappear from the screen anytime soon.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter G is quite rare as a first letter for girls' names: only 2.1% of all common girls' names in the US begin with a G. The most common first letters for girls' names are A and S, while U and X are the least common first letters of girls' names.
With eight letters, the name Gabriela is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
This means that if 2.1% of all girls' names begin with a G, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are of course some names that begin with a G and are extremely popular, for example Grace, currently the most common girls' name with G.
If your name is Gabriela and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Gabriela, you can simply say:
Goat
Apple
Butterfly
Rocket
Igloo
Elephant
Lion
Apple
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Gabriela
Gabriela
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
G
A
B
R
I
E
L
A
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
G
A
B
R
I
E
L
A
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Gabriela sounds like this:
