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The first name 
Gabriella

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

The name Gabriella is very popular!

The first name Gabriella is one of the top 100 most popular girls names in the US – currently at #55 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Gabriella, accounting for approximately 0.30 % of all newborn girls. In the entire USA, approximately 127,384 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Gabriella. That is 0.04 % of all living Americans.

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

What does the name 
Gabriella mean?

Gabriella is a variant of other given names such as Gabriele or Gabriela. The name is particularly widespread in Italy, but is of Hebrew origin. Derived from ‘geber’ and ‘el’ it means as much as ‘divine hero’.

Did you know… that Gabriella is a variety of tulip? It has soft pink flowers interspersed with deeper pink, and blooms mainly in April.

There are many movie stars with the name Gabriella

An actress

Gabrielle Union (*1972)
Gabrielle Union is an American actress, producer, and writer who has starred in many successful films and television shows, including 'Bring It On' (2000), 'Bad Boys II' (2003), 'Think Like a Man' (2012), and 'L.A.'s Finest' (2019 - 2020). Union is also known as a political activist and women's rights advocate. She has fought for the rights of sexual assault survivors and is a vocal advocate for diversity and inclusion in Hollywood.

An Australian singer

Gabriella Cilmi (*1991)
Gabriella Cilmi discovered her passion for music at an early age and began writing her own songs. She signed her first record deal at the age of 16 and released her debut album 'Lessons to Be Learned' in 2008. Her hit song 'Sweet About Me' reached the charts in many countries and became a worldwide hit. Since then, she has released more albums and evolved her style from pop-rock to soul and R&B.

Another actress

Gabriella Wilde (*1989)
Gabriella Wilde is an English actress best known for her roles in films such as 'The Three Musketeers' (2011), 'Carrie' (2013), and 'Wonder Woman 1984' (2020). Wilde has also appeared in several theater productions. Before her career as an actress, she was a model. She was discovered by Naomi Campbell when she was only 14 years old and joined her agency.

High School Musical protagonist

Gabriella Montez
Gabriella Montez is a fictional character from the film franchise 'High School Musical' (2006 - 2008). She is played by actress Vanessa Hudgens (b. 1988) and is one of the main characters of the films. Gabriella is a talented high school student who is initially interested in school and academic activities, but later discovers her interest in theater and singing. She also appears in some musicals and falls in love with the protagonist Troy Bolton.

Go on a journey to places 
with your name

When you hear the name Gabriella, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Gabriella? Are you also called Gabriella? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...

(355) Gabriella...

is a main belt asteroid. The name is derived from the first name of the French astronomer Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion.

A ferry ship

The Gabriella is a ferry ship operated by Viking Line on routes between Helsinki and Stockholm. Sister ships of the Gabriella are the Amorella, the Isabella and the Crown of Scandinavia.

Gabriella -
a name for the future?

This is a real surprise! Gabriella is a name that has been around for a long time, but only really took off in the 21st century. In the year 2009, it reached its best rank at #31 according to our SmartGenius statistics. This makes Gabriella 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 Gabriella was observed for the first time ever in 1890, it now seems to have found its place in the zeitgeist of the 21st century. In 2009, the year of its highest popularity, the name was given a total of 6,155 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 Gabriella was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

Gabriella - cementing the new path

In 2022, Gabriella ranked #86 in our SmartGenius statistics. In absolute figures, this means it was given to newborn girls a total of 2,858 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 Gabriella will not disappear from the screen anytime soon.

Gabriella -
well known in all states of the USA, most popular in Florida

There are only 537 different women’s names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Gabriella is one of them. However, Gabriella is not equally widespread in all states, but people in Florida seem to particularly fancy this name – the 11,368 women called Gabriella who live here are 0,232% of all female residents and push their name up to #89, easily placing it in the top 100 most common female names in Florida.

Gabriella 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 Gabriella 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 a

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

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Gabriella

If your name is Gabriella 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 Gabriella

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

Goat

Apple

Butterfly

Rocket

Igloo

Elephant

Lion

Lion

Apple

This is how the name Gabriella 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 Gabriella in Braille?

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

Gabriella

Gabriella

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

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Gabriella 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
A

Have you ever waved the name Gabriella

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
A

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. Gabriella sounds like this: