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Gabriella

Gender
Girl
Say it
gab-ree-EL-a
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#185 for girls
US rank, 2025
#105 for girls

Gabriella is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my strength”. In 2025 it ranked 185th for girls in the UK (303 babies) and 105th for girls in the US (2,545 babies).

What does Gabriella mean?

Hebrew: Italian feminine of Gabriel

“God is my strength”

Italian feminine form of Gabriel, the archangel.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Gabriella a girl's or a boy's name?

Gabriella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 303 girls in the UK and 2,545 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Gabriella in the UK?

Rank in 2025
185th among girls
Babies in 2025
303 about 1 in 920 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 17% in five years
Same name in a class
1.5% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 303 girls in the UK were named Gabriella, making it the 185th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 152nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 595 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Gabriella than any year since 2004.

Half of all the girls named Gabriella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 391 girls in the UK were given Gabriella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #162, up from #185 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 181st in England and Wales, 178th in Scotland and 259th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 595 in 20102025
Gabriella in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025303#185
2024322#177
2023384#147
2022361#155
2021406#143
2020384#152
2019410#144
2018424#144
2017412#149
2016449#139
2015448#141
2014483#131
2013520#119
2012525#122
2011565#114
2010595#109
2009545#112
2008561#111
2007503#123
2006421#148
2005358#167
2004293#185
2003323#167
2002253#184
2001248#186
2000305#165
1999343#154
1998334#158
1997276#181
1996320#155

How popular is Gabriella in the US?

Rank in 2025
105th among girls
Babies in 2025
2,545 about 1 in 630 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 25% in five years
Same name in a class
2.2% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 2,545 girls in the US were named Gabriella, making it the 105th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 77th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 6,185 girls. It first appears in the records in 1890.

Half of all the girls named Gabriella in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,506 girls in the US were given Gabriella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #85, up from #105 for this spelling alone.

1890Busiest: 6,185 in 20102025
Gabriella in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20252,545#105
20242,504#106
20232,795#89
20222,882#89
20213,116#83
20203,250#77
20193,494#75
20183,710#69
20173,905#65
20164,263#61
20154,631#54
20145,109#42
20135,217#38
20125,512#37
20116,106#34
20106,185#33
20096,153#33
20086,039#35
20075,839#38
20065,372#50
20054,824#61
20044,256#76
20034,021#77
20023,910#76
20013,615#83
20003,369#98
19993,151#107
19982,925#116
19972,613#123
19962,323#139
19952,245#143
19941,997#160
19931,407#207
19921,371#207
19911,194#234
1990947#292
1989546#445
1988456#496
1987344#577
1986211#797
1985235#736
1984152#953
1983114#1,159
1982108#1,228
1981141#1,022
1980103#1,260
1979119#1,125
1978109#1,162
197787#1,325
197699#1,160
1975104#1,119
1974122#994
197391#1,185
1972113#1,030
1971118#1,036
1970118#1,042
196999#1,109
196865#1,387
196783#1,164
196657#1,463
196575#1,240
196459#1,470
196370#1,319
196264#1,383
196156#1,498
196036#1,886
195926#2,233
195835#1,855
195726#2,167
195627#2,102
195517#2,724
195418#2,591
195313#3,105
195219#2,410
195118#2,390
195010#3,422
194912#2,998
19489#3,591
19477#4,343
19468#3,664
19457#3,674
19447#3,685
19437#3,800
19429#3,192
19417#3,557
194010#2,736
19390–
19388#3,179
19377#3,433
19365#4,179
19356#3,740
193411#2,566
19337#3,405
19325#4,409
193115#2,104
19309#3,053
192910#2,920
192814#2,380
192714#2,432
192612#2,707
192520#1,945
192417#2,211
192312#2,732
192214#2,479
192123#1,821
192017#2,172
191918#1,989
191817#2,101
191715#2,203
191619#1,805
191517#1,882
191412#2,009
19135#3,185
19129#1,980
19115#2,463
19109#1,634
19096#1,957
19080–
19077#1,638
19060–
19050–
19040–
190310#1,137
19029#1,219
19010–
19000–
18995#1,595
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18906#1,209

Nicknames for Gabriella

Names like Gabriella

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Eliana, Fatima, Isabella, Ariella, Ava, Myla, Zara, Athena, Mia, Liliana, Sienna, Ariana

Other spellings of Gabriella

Gabriela

Names related to Gabriella

Gabrielle, Gabriele, Gabryella, Gabriell, Gabrielly, Gabriellah, Gabryelle

More Hebrew names

Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Gabriella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gabriella, updated 20 October 2026.