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“Variant of Gabriel — God's strong man” — Hebrew via Ancient Greek and Latin origin
Girl's name · #105 in the US (2025) · 2010s
Gabriella reached its best rank, #33, in 2009 and ranked #105 in 2025. About 138,000 girls have carried it since 1890. Gabriella's short forms are Ella, Gabby, Gabbie, and Briella. About 6,100 girls a year are given Ella as their full name. Together with its spelling variant Gabriela (#317), Gabriella would rank around #68 with about 3,500 births last year — the newborns split about 73/27 between Gabriella and Gabriela. Popular twin pairings with Gabriella include Isabella and Sophia for girls.
Around the world: #87 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #95 in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 669 notable people named Gabriella:
Entertainers appear 1.63× more often than among typical names — e.g. Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer.
Similar names: Gabriela · Ariana · Galilea · Daniela · Autumn · Bella
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