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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

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
Latin
1557 Gabriell (nom) StMartF p. 59; 1561 Gabriell (nom) ibid. p. 60
Dutch
1572 Gabriel AuFr Berdts; 1575 Gabriel ibid. Berts; 1583 Gabriel ibid. Ariaanssen; 1590 Gabriel ibid. Caluwe; 1593 Gabriel ibid. Caluwe; 1594 Gabriel ibid. Caluwe
Early Modern English
1548 Gabrell BarnstapleBap p. 6; 1555 Gabriell ibid. p. 9; 1568 Gabryell COmar-vol5 p. 4; 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
Finland
Early Modern Swedish
1582 Gabriell Audén1980 p. 171
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; 1562 Gabriel RegPCC-1 p. 13; 1563 Gabriel ibid. p. 25; 1564 Gabriel ibid. p. 45; 1565 Gabriel ibid. p. 111; 1566 Gabriel ibid. p. 198; 1567 Gabriel ibid. p. 343; 1568 Gabriel ibid. p. 372
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; 1376 Gabriele (abl) DouGen1 p. 85, Gabrielle (abl) ibid. p. 30, Grabiel (abl) ibid. p. 194; 1464 Gabriel (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI; 1527 Gabriel (nom) Rome1527 p. 85, Gabrielis (gen) ibid. p. 90
Italian
1513x1521 Gabriele LeoX p. 11
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 Gabriel (nom) ibid. p. 54, Gabrielis (gen) ibid. p. 53; 1492 Gabriel (nom) ibid. p. 67, Gabrielis (gen) ibid. p. 66
Catalan
1510 Gabriel valencia1510 3165
Spanish
1576 Gabriel Catalogo-5.2 3880
Cite as: R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Gabriel". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Gabriel.