Gabrielle

What Gabrielle means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Gabrielle yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #204 in 2015, #632 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Gabrielle?

US: Falling: down from #204 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #388 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1998, when 6,201 girls got the name (#47 that year). First in the US records in 1890.

How common

• About 1 in 3,502 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,838 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DE (2.22 per 1,000 girls), ID (0.7 per 1,000 girls), MO (0.62 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Gabrielle is #632 in the US and #590 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.5% of US babies named Gabrielle were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Gabriel10 US
• Gabriele5 US · 4 E&W
• Kaybrielle5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Nicknames

• Gabi
• Gabbi
• Gabbie
• Gaby
• Gabby
• Gabri
• Gabe
• Gabs
• Gabster

Listed on Wiktionary under “pet forms”.

If you like Gabrielle

Girls

• Jenna#679Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 6,436 babies; 418 in 2025
• Jacqueline#558Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #258 in 2015, #558 in 2025
• Stephanie#557Feminine form of Stephen, meaning “crown, wreath”^*
• Simone#995Feminine form of Simon, meaning “sixpence coin”^*
• Danielle#549Feminine form of Daniel, meaning “God is my judge”^*
• Julie#872Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1958, with 18,215 babies; 308 in 2025

For a brother

• Joe#991Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1936, with 8,023 babies; 230 in 2025
• Austin#113“majestic”^*
• Andre#368Form of Andrew, meaning “manly”^*
• Harry#775Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1918, with 9,896 babies; 329 in 2025
• Avery#291Editor’s note Down from #188 in 2015 to #291 in 2025 in the US
• Louis#249“loud; famous + battle”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under French, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Gabrielle’s. Rank is US 2025.