Gabriella
Meaning of Gabriella
Gabriella slips off the tongue like a summer breeze in Tuscany—gab-ree-EL-uh—and carries the same sun-kissed warmth. She started life as the Italian and Spanish feminine form of the Hebrew Gabriel, meaning “God is my strength,” so there’s quiet power tucked inside her lace-edged syllables. Picture the archangel Gabriel trading his trumpet for castanets, and you’ll sense the mix of grace and gusto parents fall for. In the United States she lingered in the mid-ranks for decades, then pirouetted into the Top 40 during the early 2000s before gliding back to a comfortable spot just outside the Top 100, proving she can draw a crowd without elbowing for attention. Literary types hear echoes of Shakespearean heroines, while music lovers may hum “Gabriella’s Song” from the Swedish film As It Is in Heaven. Whether conjuring images of rosemary-scented courtyards or the confident heroine of a modern rom-com, Gabriella offers parents a name that feels both devotional and delightfully dance-ready—like a whispered prayer that suddenly breaks into salsa.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as gab-ree-EL-uh (/ˌɡæbriˈɛlə/)
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Notable People Named Gabriella
| Gabriella Wilde is an English actress and model. |
| Gabriella Wright is an English actress and model known for The Tudors, The Perfect Husband, and The Transporter Refueled, and she is also a humanitarian activist focused on gender-based violence and suicide prevention. |
| American actress and singer Gabriella Grace Pizzolo broke through on Broadway as Matilda in Matilda the Musical and Small Alison in Fun Home, later gaining wider fame as Suzie Bingham in Stranger Things. |
| Gabriella Hermon is an American linguist and professor emerita at the University of Delaware. |
| Gabriella Elisa Ezra, born in Venice, was an Italian language coach for Glyndebourne Festival Opera and an Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy. |
| Italian researcher Gabriella Colucci develops plant based chemicals for industry and won the EU Women Innovators Award in 2018. |
| Gabriella Wood is a Trinidadian judoka who competed in the 78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. |
| Gabriella Da Silva-Fick is an Australian professional tennis player. |
| Gabriella Ferrari Peirano is a Venezuelan model and pageant titleholder who finished second at Miss Venezuela 2011 and earned the Miss Venezuela Mundo title. |
| Maria Gabriella Ferri was an Italian singer from Rome. |
