Girl's name
Gabriella
Say it gab-ree-EL-uh
Roots in Italian and Hebrew from Gabriel, God is my strong man
4 syllables
Where Gabriella is loved, common and rare
Common across Ontario and one more place. Rare in three German cities, Quebec, the UK and ten more places.
1 in 778 girls born in Scotland in 2025
Ontario 63rdQuebec 171stScotland 178th
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Every place
In 19 of the 40 official lists, among them Ontario (63rd), Quebec (171st) and Scotland (178th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario province | 63rd 2024 | 139 | about 1 in 392 |
| New South Wales state | 87th 2025 | 81 | rank only |
| Quebec province | 171st 2025 | 33 | about 1 in 788 |
| Scotland | 178th 2025 | 23 | 1 in 778 |
| England and Wales | 181st 2025 | 274 | 1 in 924 |
| British Columbia province | 187th 2023 | 16 | about 1 in 747 |
| France | 216th 2025 | 270 | 1 in 1,062 |
| Poland | 244th 2025 | 23 | 1 in 5,208 |
| Sweden | 255th 2025 | 29 | about 1 in 1,385 |
| Northern Ireland | 259th 2025 | 6 | 1 in 1,214 |
| Italy | 287th 2024 | 58 | 1 in 3,089 |
| Ireland | 325th 2025 | 12 | 1 in 1,760 |
| Norway | 337th 2025 | 10 | 1 in 2,180 |
| Cologne city | 419th 2023 | 2 | about 1 in 3,072 |
| Catalonia region | 526th 2025 | 5 | 1 in 3,854 |
| Switzerland | 577th 2025 | 11 | 1 in 3,090 |
| The Netherlands | 688th 2025 | 17 | about 1 in 3,589 |
| Rostock city | 166th 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 985 |
| Bonn city | 382nd 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 3,015 |
Rare, below the listed names: Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Berlin, Munich, Leipzig, Spain, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Data.NSW) (New South Wales); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); NISRA (Northern Ireland); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn). How we count, and every source
About the name
Gabriella came into English from Italian, where it is the feminine of Gabriel, so the meaning belongs to that older Hebrew name: 'God is my strong man'. Gabriel is the archangel of the Bible, and Gabriella carries the same link in a softer, longer form.
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It has four syllables, said gab-ree-EL-uh, with the stress landing near the end. Gabi is the natural short form. Close relatives include Gabriela with a single l, the French Gabrielle, and Gabrijela, while Gabriëlla and Gabríella show how other languages mark the vowels.
The name is best known in Canada and Australia, with its strongest showing in Ontario, and it also appears in France, Poland and Sweden. It is a name of the early 2010s, peaking around 2011, and today it is rising in some places and easing in others.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- gab-ree-EL-uh, 4 syllables
- Meaning
- from Gabriel,
God is my strong man
- Origin
- Italian and Hebrew
- Other spellings
- Gabrielle
- Gabriela
- Gabrijela
- Aubriella
- Gabi
- Gabryella
- Gabriell
Counted together here: Gabriëlla and Gabríella.
Etymology
From Italian Gabriella. By surface analysis, Gabriel + -a.
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 5 of 19 regions, falling in 6.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 139 | 146 | 137 | 137 | 149 | 142 | 153 | 148 | 170 | 181 |
| Scotland | 159 | 129 | 140 | 140 | 105 | 105 | 146 | 123 | 164 | 178 |
| Northern Ireland | 175 | 355 | 313 | 178 | 397 | 190 | 152 | 126 | 288 | 259 |
| Ireland | 273 | 341 | 211 | 247 | 275 | 322 | 284 | 262 | 259 | 325 |
| Ontario | 56 | 74 | 75 | 71 | 72 | 86 | 71 | 76 | 63 | |
| British Columbia | 162 | 184 | 126 | 147 | 137 | 99 | 120 | 187 | ||
| New South Wales | 92 | 95 | 90 | 90 | 78 | 87 | ||||
| South Australia | 230 | 164 | ||||||||
| Quebec | 140 | 135 | 141 | 138 | 148 | 169 | 132 | 137 | 161 | 171 |
| France | 248 | 345 | 266 | 334 | 302 | 256 | 226 | 219 | 201 | 216 |
| The Netherlands | 836 | 879 | 959 | 763 | 775 | 659 | 824 | 821 | 688 | |
| Austria | 1916 | 551 | 664 | 874 | 1291 | 670 | 859 | 532 | 872 | |
| Switzerland | 539 | 750 | 657 | 707 | 445 | 634 | 533 | 357 | 527 | 577 |
| Berlin | 1199 | 985 | 1007 | 988 | 782 | 506 | 368 | |||
| Rostock | 166 | |||||||||
| Norway | 371 | 348 | 309 | 496 | 331 | 460 | 316 | 400 | 314 | 337 |
| Sweden | 169 | 211 | 138 | 213 | 192 | 221 | 215 | 201 | 250 | 255 |
| Catalonia | 541 | 541 | 611 | 522 | 526 | |||||
| Italy | 225 | 227 | 226 | 256 | 237 | 248 | 248 | 287 | ||
| Poland | 197 | 213 | 226 | 237 | 215 | 227 | 263 | 288 | 236 | 244 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 181 | 274 | 108.2 |
| 2024 | 170 | 292 | 113.2 |
| 2023 | 148 | 334 | 130.2 |
| 2022 | 153 | 318 | 120.7 |
| 2021 | 142 | 354 | 129.2 |
| 2020 | 149 | 340 | 126.7 |
| 2019 | 137 | 366 | 130.7 |
| 2018 | 137 | 385 | 133.6 |
| 2017 | 146 | 371 | 124.0 |
| 2016 | 139 | 406 | 132.2 |
| 2015 | 136 | 417 | 135.4 |
| 2014 | 128 | 435 | 141.8 |
| 2013 | 118 | 472 | 153.0 |
| 2012 | 120 | 484 | 150.3 |
| 2011 | 111 | 518 | 161.2 |
| 2010 | 105 | 563 | 175.4 |
| 2009 | 106 | 505 | 161.1 |
| 2008 | 106 | 522 | 165.3 |
| 2007 | 118 | 465 | 151.9 |
| 2006 | 137 | 405 | 135.3 |
| 2005 | 147 | 345 | 119.7 |
| 2004 | 180 | 276 | 96.6 |
| 2003 | 155 | 311 | 111.6 |
| 2002 | 177 | 246 | 92.0 |
| 2001 | 174 | 241 | 89.9 |
| 2000 | 154 | 296 | 108.4 |
| 1999 | 142 | 332 | 117.9 |
| 1998 | 140 | 323 | 111.7 |
| 1997 | 169 | 267 | 91.1 |
| 1996 | 143 | 313 | 105.7 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
Ontario and British Columbia since 1925
Half of the babies named Gabriella in Ontario and British Columbia since 1925 were born in or after 2010. First recorded in 1957. Her peak year there: 2011, at 363.1 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Gabriella per 100,000 girls born in Ontario and British Columbia, by five-year period. Her 2011 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (1917-2024), OGL-Ontario; BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (1924-2023), OGL-BC.
Sister names for Gabriella
1 in 1,111 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Gabriella.
1 in 577 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Gabriella.
1 in 347 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Gabriella.
1 in 347 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Gabriella.
1 in 1,921 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Gabriella.
1 in 344 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Gabriella.
1 in 125 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Gabriella.
1 in 1,491 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Gabriella.
1 in 126 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Gabriella.
1 in 132 in Scotland
Middle names for Gabriella
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Gabriella Charlotte
4-2 beats · initials GC
Changes the beat after Gabriella: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Gabriella Sophie
4-2 beats · initials GS
Changes the beat after Gabriella: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Gabriella Grace
4-1 beats · initials GG
Changes the beat after Gabriella: 4 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Gabriella Maria
4-3 beats · initials GM
Changes the beat after Gabriella: 4 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 102 in Ireland
Gabriella Mia
4-2 beats · initials GM
Changes the beat after Gabriella: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Gabriella Ruby
4-2 beats · initials GR
Changes the beat after Gabriella: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Gabriella Rose
4-1 beats · initials GR
Changes the beat after Gabriella: 4 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Gabriella Emily
4-3 beats · initials GE · Gabriella slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Gabriella: 4 syllables, then 3 syllables. Gabriella slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Same style as Gabriella
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 307 in England and Wales
95% alike: moves with Gabriella across countries and decades.
1 in 606 in England and Wales
95% alike: moves with Gabriella across countries and decades.
1 in 557 in England and Wales
95% alike: moves with Gabriella across countries and decades.
1 in 99 in Scotland
93% alike: moves with Gabriella across countries and decades.
1 in 132 in Scotland
93% alike: moves with Gabriella across countries and decades.
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
93% alike: moves with Gabriella across countries and decades.
1 in 1,214 in Northern Ireland
93% alike: moves with Gabriella across countries and decades.
1 in 1,634 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Gabriella across countries and decades.
Famous people named Gabriella
Gabriella Cilmi, Gabriella Wilde, Gabriella Papadakis, Gabriella Dorio, Gabriella Szabó, Gabriella Paruzzi, Gabriella Willems and Gabriella Giorgelli.
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Australian singer born 1991
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British actress born 1989
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French ice dancer born 1995
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Italian athlete born 1957
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Hungarian canoeist born 1986
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Cross-country skier born 1969
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Belgian judoka born 1997
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Actress born 1941
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Gabriella
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Gabriella?
Her best rank is No. 63 in Ontario in 2024, about 1 in 392 girls. She is in the published lists of 19 of our 40 regions.
What does Gabriella mean?
Gabriella takes her meaning from Gabriel: "God is my strong man", per Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Gabriella?
gab-ree-EL-uh, with 4 syllables.
Is Gabriella getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 5 of 19 regions, falling in 6.
Which sister names go with Gabriella?
The deck's top five sisters for Gabriella: Liliana, Naomi, Eliza, Abigail and Bianca. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.