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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Gabriel m. Hebrew גֶּבֶר 'man' + Hebrew אֵל 'God'.

The name of a Biblical archangel and a 7th C Turkish saint. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Gabriel.

England
English
● 1548 Gabrell BarnstapleBap p. 6; 1555 Gabriell ibid. p. 9; 1583 Gabriell BUmar-vol2 p. 63; 1584 Gabriell bruton-vol1 p. 45; 1590 Gaberell StAnthonlin p. 34; 1593 Gabriell bruton-vol1 p. 53; 1594 Gabriel COmar-vol2 p. 50; 1596 Gabriell bruton-vol1 p. 11, Gabryell BUmar-vol1 p. 27; 1598 Gabriel DEmar-vol2 p. 38; 1599 Gabyell BUmar-vol1 p. 27
France
Old French
● 1313 Gabriel Paris1313 p. 94
Middle French
● 1392 Gabriel MemBret-II col. 615; 1418 Gabriel HGParis p. 373; 1421 Gabriel favier 897; 1423 Gabriel ibid. 16
Germany
Early New High German
● 1418 Gabriel (nom) mairhofer DCCVII; 1497 Gabriel Nurn1497 401, Gabriell ibid. 717
Italy
Latin
● 1300 Gabrielem (acc) ActDipVeneto-I-1 p. 48; 1326 Gabriele (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 434, Gabrielem (acc) ibid. no. 437, Gabrielis (gen) ibid. no. 431; 1327 Gabriele (abl) ibid. no. 449; 1527 Gabriel (nom) Rome1527 p. 85, Gabrielis (gen) ibid. p. 90
Spain
Latin
● 1487 Gabriel (nom) carbonell p. 13, Gabrielis (gen) ibid. p. 11, Gabriol (nom) ibid. p. 10; 1488 Gabriel (nom) ibid. p. 21, Gabrielis (gen) ibid. p. 16; 1489 Gabriel (nom) ibid. p. 31, Gabrielis (gen) ibid. p. 31; 1490 Gabriel (nom) ibid. p. 40, Gabrielis (gen) ibid. p. 39; 1491 Gabrielis (gen) ibid. p. 53
Catalan
● 1510 Gabriel valencia1510 3165
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Gabriel". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Gabriel.