# Gavriil (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gavriil/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Russian Гаврии́л (Gavriíl). Doublet of Gabriel.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 12,855 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Գավրիլ
- Russian: Гаврии́л

## People named Gavriil

- Gavriil Ter-Mikelov, Armenian-Russian-Soviet architect
- Gabriel Urgebadze, Georgian saint (1929–1995)
- Gabriel Popov, 1st Mayor of Moscow
- Gabriel Aivazovsky, Armenian archbishop, historian, scientist (1812–1880)
- Gabriel of Melitene, Armenian Ruler of Melitene (1055-1103)
- Gabriel of Białystok, Belarusian saint
- Patriarch Gavrilo Dožić V of Serbia, Cleric, prisoner of war (1881–1950)
- Gabriel IV of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1780–1785
- Gabriel de Lesnovo, 11th century Bulgarian saint

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.