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The first name 
Gabrielle

Gabrielle is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.

Gabrielle – known and loved in the US!

The name Gabrielle 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, Gabrielle ranks 214. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 9 were named Gabrielle. In the entire USA, approximately 133,810 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Gabrielle. That is 0.04 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Gabrielle

What does the name 
Gabrielle mean?

Gabrielle is the French feminine form of Gabriel. It originates from the Hebrew name Gavri’el meaning ‘God is my strong man’, derived from ‘gever’ meaning ‘strong man, hero’ and ‘el’ meaning ‘God’.

Did you know... that this was the real name of French fashion designer Coco Chanel (1883-1971)?

Gabrielle -
from zero to hero

#46 - this is the highest position Gabrielle has ever reached. Not many names manage to reach such a high popularity in even one of the 140+ years of records. The last time Gabrielle reached this top spot at the end of the past century in 1999 when 6,155newborn girls were named Gabrielle. But as our statistics show, Gabrielle hasn't always been a popular name: in some years of record, most recently in the year 1905, it was given to newborns not at all or at least less than 5 times (a name is only included in the official statistics only if it is given at least 5 times in a year). Nevertheless, the name Gabrielle has accompanied people in this country for a long time. It turns out that this name fits very well in our modern times. From zero to hero – even if its peak is in the past, Gabrielle has become a fashionable name after all.

In years where the graph has no value, the name Gabrielle was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

The first name Gabrielle withstands the modern trends of the 21st century

In 2022, 633 newborn girls were given the name Gabrielle, making this first name #458. Towards the end of the last century, the name had a real flight of fancy and still captivates many people today − just like the music of the 80s. So, the chances to meet a young Gabrielle are still quite high.

Gabrielle -
at home in every state from California to New York

The name Gabrielle may not be in the top rankings of the most popular girls’ names, but it is one of the few female given names, along with only 536 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Gabrielle is apparently especially popular in Delaware. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular women’s names here either, one in 546 women in Delaware is called Gabrielle. In total, that’s 546 women who feel addressed when the name Gabrielle is shouted loudly across Delaware and who ensure that their name makes it to #147 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common female names in this nice state. If you asked all women in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Gabrielle as the answer a total of 133,772 times. This places Gabrielle at #263 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular women’s names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living women across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Gabrielle as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.

Gabrielle has 9 letters 
and begins with a G

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 nine letters, the name Gabrielle is relatively long compared to other names. In fact, 5.6% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly nine letters. 92% of all first names are shorter, while not even 2.5% of all boys’ and girls’ names use ten or more letters. 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.

Other names with 
G, a, b, r, i, e, l, l and e

If you take all the letters in the name Gabrielle – G, a, b, r, i, e, l, l and e – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Gabreille or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Gabrielle

If your name is Gabrielle 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...

This is how you spell the name Gabrielle

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Gabrielle, you can simply say:

Goat

Apple

Butterfly

Rocket

Igloo

Elephant

Lion

Lion

Elephant

This is how the name Gabrielle is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Gabrielle in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Gabrielle

Gabrielle

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Gabrielle

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Gabrielle is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

G
A
B
R
I
E
L
L
E

Have you ever waved the name Gabrielle

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
L
E

Beeping like crazy...

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. Gabrielle sounds like this: