Gabriella
The Italian form of a Hebrew name meaning "god is my strength". It clings to the bottom of Poland's top 1,000 girls' names: most Poles have never actually met a Gabriella.
Gabriella Pronunciation
Gabriella is pronounced gahbr-YEL-lah (/gabrˈjɛlla/).
What Gabriella means
Where Gabriella comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Gabriella grows from a Hebrew root. Behind it stands Gabriel, the archangel whose name joins gever, a word for man and strength, to El, one of the names of God. The short meaning usually given is "God is my strength," while Polish leans toward boży wojownik, a warrior of God. The feminine ending belongs to Italy, where Gabriella spread widely from Tuscany down through the south.
In Poland the name settled mainly as Gabriela. Everyday speech then wore it down. A Gabriela turns into Gabrysia among friends, and sometimes Gabryś, the same short form a boy named Gabriel might answer to. Open a school class register and you may see Gabriela written in full while the teacher calls out Gabrysia.
The masculine Gabriel walks beside her, older and sharing the same root. He carries the archangel of the Annunciation; she carries the ending that made the name her own. Both hold the meaning at the base: God is my strength.
How many people are named Gabriella
1 in 17209 women in Poland is named Gabriella. 1,310 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #849 among female names.
Gabriella's popularity over time
23 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #488 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2005.
Where parents choose Gabriella
Gabriella is most popular in Lower Silesian, 86% above the national average (17 girls born 2019–2025), followed by West Pomeranian (+83%) and Greater Poland (+75%). It is least common in Subcarpathian and Lublin, 72% and 67% below average respectively.
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Lower Silesian
+86%1 in 9,243 babies
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West Pomeranian
+83%1 in 9,381 babies
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Greater Poland
+75%1 in 9,784 babies
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Subcarpathian
−72%1 in 60,283 babies
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Lublin
−67%1 in 51,338 babies
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Silesian
−62%1 in 45,517 babies
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Lower Silesian+86% 17 born1 in 9,243 babies+86%
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West Pomeranian+83% 9 born1 in 9,381 babies+83%
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Greater Poland+75% 22 born1 in 9,784 babies+75%
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Lesser Poland+36% 18 born1 in 12,606 babies+36%
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Pomeranian+28% 11 born1 in 13,393 babies+28%
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Warmian-Masurian+19% 5 born1 in 14,359 babies+19%
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Lubusz+4% 3 born1 in 16,552 babies+4%
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Masovian−3% 20 born1 in 17,713 babies−3%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−37% 4 born1 in 27,345 babies−37%
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Holy Cross−38% 2 born1 in 27,717 babies−38%
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Łódź−46% 4 born1 in 31,680 babies−46%
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Podlaskie−48% 2 born1 in 32,893 babies−48%
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Silesian−62% 5 born1 in 45,517 babies−62%
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Lublin−67% 2 born1 in 51,338 babies−67%
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Subcarpathian−72% 2 born1 in 60,283 babies−72%
Gabriella as a middle name
Gabriella is a first name for 1,310 women in Poland and a middle name for another 238, an 85/15 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 440th, between Waleska (239) and Adamina (237).
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#438 Marita239
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#439 Waleska239
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#440 Gabriella238
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#441 Adamina237
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#442 Hannah237