Gabriela

“Variant of Gabriel — God's strong man” — Hebrew via Ancient Greek and Latin origin

Girl's name · #317 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Gabriela reached #102 in 2003 and has eased to #317 since. About 86,000 girls have carried it since 1903. Gabby is a short form of Gabriela. Together with its spelling variant Gabriella (#105), Gabriela would rank around #68 with about 3,500 births last year — the newborns split about 73/27 between Gabriella and Gabriela.

Around the world: #24 in Poland (2025) · #46 in Czechia (2025) · #52 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #53 in Spain (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 38 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Gabrielas

Gabriela Mistral — Chilean poet, diplomat and educator (1889–1957)
Gabriela Sabatini — Argentine tennis player
Gabriela Zapolska — Polish novelist, prose writer, publicist, feuilletonist, theatre critic, stage actress (1857–1921)
Gabriela Szabo — Romanian athletics (sport) competitor
Gabriela Gunčíková — Czech singer

In stories & tradition

Gabriela Dawson — Chicago Fire
Gabriela Goddzer — character
Gabriela Lopez — Logan

What Gabrielas become

Among 1,685 notable people named Gabriela:

Similar names: Gabriella · Adriana · Galilea · Daniela · Angelina · Mariana

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