Gabriele is a distinctive choice, ranked #3696 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Gabriele in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#3696
About the Name Gabriele
Gabriele has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 1396 places in five years. It was most popular in 2012 at #874 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Gabriele is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Gabriele
Unlikely. With around 6 UK babies named Gabriele per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Gabriele in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Gabriele has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 1396 places in the last five years. Its peak was #874 in 2012. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Gabriele is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Gabriele include: Gabriele Marchegiani — Gabriele Marchegiani is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.; Ketty Gabriele — Ketty Gabriele is a reputed Italian mafia figure.; Gabriele Biancheri — Gabriele Cataldo Biancheri is a Welsh footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One side Rotherham, on loan from Premier League club Manchester United..
Gabriele does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Gabrieles in the wild.
6
UK babies named Gabriele (2024)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 1396 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Gabriele
Likely around 1 other Gabriele in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Gabriele
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Ketty Gabriele is a reputed Italian mafia figure. Gabriele, a femminiello and member of the Camorra, was reported as the first transgender mafia figure following an arrest by Naples police in February 2009.
Gabriele Cataldo Biancheri is a Welsh footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One side Rotherham, on loan from Premier League club Manchester United. He is a Wales under-21 international.
Gabriele Giordano Caccia is an Italian Catholic prelate who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was named apostolic nuncio to the United States in March 2026.
General Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso, sometimes written d'Annunzio as he used to sign himself, was an Italian poet, playwright, orator, journalist, aristocrat, and Royal Italian Army officer during World War I. He occupied a prominent place in Italian literature from 1889 to 1910 and in its political life from 1914 to 1924.
Gabriele Münter was a German expressionist painter who was at the forefront of the Munich avant-garde in the early 20th century. She studied and lived with the painter Wassily Kandinsky and was a founding member of the expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter.
Princess Gabriele of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg, known professionally as Gabriele Oettingen, (born Gabriele Elisabeth Aloisia Notgera Prinzessin zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg; July 22, 1953, in Munich) is a German academic and psychologist. She is a professor of psychology at New York University and the University of Hamburg.
Gabriele Baldocci is an Italian pianist and composer naturalised British. Baldocci is known worldwide for performing with the legendary Argentinean pianist Martha Argerich.